Nothing about cloud computing makes it any easier or harder for people to behave recklessly. That seems to be the moral of the Twitter security breach story, now that we're past the initial, self-referential Twitter posts ("OMFG, Twitter guy shows how insecure the cloud is!!!").
Of course, the cloud magnifies the likelihood that someone will break into your e-mail account. The core problem isn't webmail per se, but the fact that people post personal information that makes it way, way easier for hackers to guess your password.
Shocking that someone who should know better made this mistake? Maybe. From another perspective, it's oddly comforting. People who aren't in the tech biz, such as car dealers, dentists, real estate brokers, and taxi drivers are no more prone to human foibles than social media propellerheads.
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