Sunday 11 December 2011

How to Create Strong and Secure Passwords for Your Online Accounts

NEWBIE GUIDE POST

Of all the accounts hacked on internet, most of them get fallen into wrong hands due to the predictability of passwords by users.
So in order to secure your online privacy, you need to have secure and strong passwords to avoid being hacked by any potential charmer.

Following tips will help you in creating secure and strong passwords for your online accounts.

1- Never use same passwords for your social networks, financial applications and email accounts
2- Never use less than 8 characters while creating your passwords. Ideally you can make it up to 10-15 characters long. Remember longer is the password, harder it is to crack.
3- Always use a combination of special characters such as *&% etc for your passwords.
4- Always use Capital letters more than 2 times in your passwords.
5- Always use digits 0-9 while creating passwords.

Finally concluding this newbie guide post, your password shall essentially be 10-15 characters long, not same as that of your social network account and must include a combination of capital letters, special characters, and digits to be considered as a secure and strong password.

Click here to know how strong and secure is your password - A tool by Microsoft

Stay Safe during your online sessions and do not forget to logout of your critical web application before exiting your browser.

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