
Every person who access the internet will most definitely have an email address and will most likely have access to social media. Throughout the whole internet when using services from different websites, they require us to create unique accounts. Similar to your email and social media accounts, these accounts also require unique usernames and a passwords.
So if you’re a person who’s always in the internet, you probably have more than 100 different accounts. But wait. How can you remember all the passwords and how can you choose the best password? The password is what stands between your data and your accounts falling under the wrong hands. So let’s see how we can set-up a good secure password and some important tips.
Choose a password that no one can guess
- Don’t use your name or derivatives of it (max, maxy, maxiee,xmaxx)
- Don’t use your personal data like town, date of birth or country (98polawarsaw, 96frankgerman)
- Don’t use obvious passwords like 123456, iloveyou, passwordispassword, admin and guest. (Don’t be silly)
- Don’t use sequential letters or numbers on your keyboard, for example “1234567890” and “asdfghjkl” are a no go.
Choose a unique password
- Make it long as possible, at least more than 10 characters
- Use a variety of letters, numbers, symbols and capital letters (1L0v3CH0c0L4t3!)
- Don’t use a solitary word in any language, try to misspell it much as possible
Do not share your password
- Don’t tell others your password no matter how much you trust them
- Don’t send your password via email
- Don’t save your password in any web browser
- Don’t save passwords or use “remember me” option on public computers
Two factor authentications
- Use of 2 passwords to gain access but not available in every place
Have different passwords for separate accounts
- Have separate passwords for all your accounts
Use a VPN when using public Wi-Fi
Use password managers
- A password manager saves all your passwords and usernames
Use a password generator
Use passphrases
- Choose uncommon words
- Use proper nouns, names of local businesses or historical figures
- Integrate words from other languages into the password
- An example would be: “IWillgotoLondresonLunes”
Before choosing a new password, test it out on the password checker. It’ll tell you how soon your password could be cracked.
To make a good password there are a few things we need to take into consideration. Our suggestion is to use different passwords for all your accounts and never reuse the same password. To remember better and to have a strong password is to choose passphrases because their longer and easy to remember.
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