Fact: About 20% of all passwords are easily guessed. Example of bad
passwords: password, 12345, qwerty, yourname, yourbirthday, etc.
The best way to prevent someone from getting your passwords, is to have a
strong password to being withThe best passwords are 8+ characters long,
contain at least 1 capital letter, and contain at least 1 number. This
will make it almost impossible for your password to be bruteforced. What
is Bruteforcing? Its when a hacker runs a program that trys every
letter/number/symbol combination to guess your password. If you follow
these tips for a stronger password, it will take years to bruteforce
your password.
Security questions. The easiest way someone can gain access into your
accounts, is to guess the answers to the security questions of your
account. These are the questions you're asked when you first make an
email account, like What was your first dogs name?. Make sure the
security questions you choose have answers that aren't easily guessable.
If you have a security question that asks Where did you meet your
spouse? this is a bad question to choose. Anyone who browses your
facebook or asks someone you know can get the answer to this. So make
sure you choose questions NO ONE knows the answer to, or make the
answers something only you would know.
Try not to use the same passwords for all of your accounts. Make your
e-mail password different from your facebook password, and so on. If
someone manages to get one of your passwords, they will have access to
ALL your accounts if they use the same password.
Like always, this is for educational purposes only.
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