Friday, January 23, 2015

The Importance of Safe Passwords

You might wonder, "Is my password safe?" Well here are some ways to make sure of that. The simpler your password is, the easier it is for hackers to guess it. It would be a good idea to make your password different for each account that you may have. I know I am a victim of this too. I know it's so hard to remember your passwords when they're different for everything. But, you'll be thankful later that no one hacked you because of it. Also, throwing in some random numbers or uppercase/lowercase letters would be much harder to guess for a hacker. Making your passwords long would also be a big help. Shorter passwords are much easier to guess. Never share your password with anyone either.
Without a safe password, hackers can have full access to your banking information, email, social security information, and much more.

The website that I visited for some of this information is http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/tech-services/explore-tips-and-advice/tech-articles/the-most-unsafe-passwords-of-2012-look-like-the-ones-from-2011.html