Fact: About 20% of all passwords are easily
guessed. Example of bad passwords: password,
12345, qwerty, yourname, yourbirthday, etc.
1. The best way to prevent someone
from getting your passwords, is to
have a strong password to being
with The 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.