Tips For Creating Strong Unique Passwords
Posted on September 9, 2008
If you have been internet marketing for long you probably have a ton of websites that you are a part of which requires you to have a password. Today\'s internet can be a scary place with hackers and phishers everywhere trying to get at your personal information. One way of combating these nasty people is to create unique strong passwords. There are several ways of accomplishing this.
First you should not use personal info like your social security number. Not only is this easy to break into but they will also have your social security number which will open all kinds of opportunity to steal your ID and ruin your life. Using your phone number is just as bad. Don\'t do it.
You should not use real words in your password. Using real words just makes it easier for hackers to break your password. The software hackers use can easily pick out the words you are using. If you can find it in a dictionary, don\'t use it. Also don\'t use common names. You are just asking for trouble when you do this.
Passwords should be at least eight characters long with the best and strongest passwords being fourteen characters long. You get a better password with each character past eight that you go. You\'ll want to use a mix of letters, both upper and lower case, numbers and symbols ( if the website allows symbols ).
After Creating Your Password
After you create your passwords there are some don\'ts that you should follow when using them. DO NOT share your password with anyone. Not your mom. Not your dad. Not even your best friend. You may think your password will be safe with them but is it really. It only takes one argument, one disagreement and they have a way to get back at you. You may not think it would happen, but do you really want to find out?
DO NOT write your passwords down. Anytime you write down a password you are providing a way for someone to easily get to your information. Say you write down the password to your online banking account and someone comes into your home that is not the most honest person. They see that piece of paper sitting on your desk that has your banking password. What will they do? They could take that paper, get into your bank account and clean you out.Do you really want that possibility?
DO NOT keep your passwords on your computer. This means not using the password managers that come with your browsers. If your computer becomes infected by a virus or trojan it is possible for your password to be susceptible to being found by that virus or trojan. There is only one computer you should keep it on and that is your own brain. Keep it in your head and no one can get to it.
DO NOT give out to someone that has called you on the phone. This is another way that identity thieves try to get your password is to call you pretending to be your bank or website that you might be a member off. Never give your information to someone that has called you. No bank or website is going to call you wanting your password.
DO NOT use the same password for all websites you are a part of. If someone gets a hold of your password they could use it for everything. Creating a unique password for each site will keep this from happening.
Following these do\'s and don\'ts will help keep your password totally secure.
Robert Eilers is a regular guy on an adventure into internet marketing. You can keep up with his adventures and gain valuable tips along the way at his website http://www.roberteilers.com where he has many resources and video tutorials. For an easy way to create strong passwords he has created the Combination Lock Password Formula that uses all the guidelines for creating strong passwords while allowing you to remember every password for every website.
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