Friday, September 30, 2011

How to Create a Secure Password?

Check your password strength here : howsecureismypassword
so, how secure is it?
is your password among the most used password? how to create stronger password?

Use COMBINATIONS of
alphabets, numeric, symbol ( if possible )
but make sure it’s easy for you to remember but not the others.
Maybe you’ll think symbol is not possible to include to your password, but
you may try
e → 3
n → &
a → @
h → #
or other pattern that you can easily remember.

Be wise.
Don’t use any details of yourself, such as
your phone number, ID number, birthday, or your name.

Do not create password that can be easily spotted what you typed for other people.
such as : qwertyuiop
This will definitely kill you. :)
and try to practice to type fast for your password.
so that others cannot easily see what you typed for your password.

Stay unpredictable.
Don’t tell your friends about your password. Do not jot down your password on
somewhere or something that can be easily reach by other people
Use unique password.
such as : mArc0T#3G3ek

Don’t another Unique password JUST for your email address.
You might use your email address to register for social networking sites, and other sites for account.
but some of the sites they will use your password which you created on the site, try to access your email.
if successfully access your account, then they can use your account to send advertisement ( publishing scam ) to others.
( This may cause you to lost your email account )

Do not use your password exactly same with your account or ID
This is the most hackable password ever.

If you are using public computers
such as library or computer lab,
for safety, try not to type all your password there…
try to copy paste some character of them. because there might be keylogger in the computer.
such as your password is : password
you can type “pa” and then try to copy “s” from somewhere else then paste into the space, and continue with the rest
( or you may copy paste all of them if you want, BUT MAKE SURE THERE’s NO ONE BEHIND YOU )

Do not remember your password in your browser. ( Especially laptop )
Once you remembered your password in your browser, others can easily retrieve them using tools with 3 clicks.
Yes! it is that simple.

Change password frequently ( if your password is not that strong )
So that even someone get your password, they wont be able to access your account for long period.

Install antivirus or other security software on your computer, and KEEP IT UP TO DATE.
Keep your security software’s database up-to-date is very important because it prevent keylogger, malware, spyware, virus, and other security threat from entering your computer.

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( this is one of my password Smile )