instead to use

07:28 Aug 10, 2011 

That re-write does indeed convey the sense of the s/t correctly.

Yes, please do correct the glossary entry, to avoid the risk of confusing future users ;-)

07:23 Aug 10, 2011 

Thank you for warning Tony ;in that case I noticed that my glossary entry is also wrong and confusing.
let me do it simpler , this one makes a sense ?
A web site recommends you to use a non-unique password ( that is easily to guess by others ) , instead of using an unique password.

07:05 Aug 10, 2011 

That changes the meaning completely, and in fact your second suggestion doesn't even make sens in EN.

"To suggest using ... instead of using..." means one thing

"To suggest not using..., but using ... instead" means the opposite

In your suggestion, you are mixing up the negative version with the positive version, and the end result is meaningless. I hope that by rephrasing it slightly like this, you can see more clearly how it is being used here.

I think the problem arises because the s/t uses the infinitive (to use) because it follows on from 'encourage', instead of the gerund form (-ing) which is perhaps more familiar.

06:13 Aug 10, 2011 

The web site actually encourages you not to use a unique password, but instead to use a password that other people might be able to guess
OR you can say:
The web site actually encourages you not to use a unique password,instead of using a unique password use one that other people might be able to guess

05:52 Aug 10, 2011 

>Stephenie: The following article: http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/04/7251727-what...
Yes, my question exactly comes from this company approach to usage of password, in the first place I thought a web-joke ? about security ..An anti-virus company explains some foresight for this article, and want to be hundred percent sure what I read.

12:22 Aug 9, 2011 

The following article: http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/04/7251727-what...

has this language. A security firm is ironically stating that a corporation is encouraging uses (not explicitly, but implicitly) to use a password that can be guessed. The corporation in its efforts to be user friendly is creating a security risk.

07:48 Aug 9, 2011 

I agree with Tony. If the gist of the text doesn't confirm this intention, there's something wrong here.

07:30 Aug 9, 2011 

>JACK: If you are just asking why a website would encourage you to use a non-unique password...
No, I do not ask this of course, just want to be sure the correct meaning, because it is weird to me..
>TONY: ...perhaps the writer is in some way criticizing the website for this dangerous policy?
most likely..

07:07 Aug 9, 2011 

...perhaps the writer is in some way criticizing the website for this dangerous policy?

07:00 Aug 9, 2011 

If you are just asking why a website would encourage you to use a non-unique password, this is not the place to ask, you should ask it in a forum.