Applying for a job at GCHQ? Here's your plain-text password

The website of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) greets you with the proclamation that "GCHQ provides intelligence, protects information and informs relevant UK policy to keep our society safe and successful in the internet age". Oh, really? The experience of Dan Farrall, who recently applied for a job at GCHQ, suggests the British intelligence agency has much to learn about information protection.