The first step for online security is a secure password. Everyday millions of passwords are being hacked because users don’t pay much attention to secure their password’s.
So here is some Do and Don’t to secure your password:
DON’T :
Use personal information that could be easily guessed or accessed, like your birthday (which happens more often than you might think) — it’s easy for you to remember, but easy for someone shady to find
Use actual words that you can find in actual language (any language)
Use the same password for all of your accounts
DO :
Use a different password for each account
Combine capital letters, numbers and special characters
Change your password once every three months or so — and immediately if a site notifies you of a security breach
If you are using Firefox: use the Master Password feature in Firefox
By now you’re probably thinking, “I can’t remember my keys in the morning. How am I supposed to remember all these new passwords all the time?”
Here are a few steps to creating easy-to-remember passwords that are still secure.
1. Choose a phrase — let’s try “My name is Romeo and i am happy.”
2. Use the first letter in each word and capitalize the first one: Mniaaiah (M>> My, n>>name, i>>is, a>>Romeo, a>>and, i>>i, a>>am, h>>happy.)
3. Make it stronger by adding a special character: Mniaaiah!
4. Now, associate it with each website you log in to. For example, you could use YT for YouTube, FB for Facebook, your bank’s initials — you get the point. So your password would now look like this:
YTMniaaiah! (for YouTube)
FBMniaaiah! (for Facebook)
Choosing secure passwords will go a long way to keeping you safe online.