So how do you protect all your accounts online?<\/p>\n
How do you go about making up passwords for all those accounts?<\/p>\n
I just got one of Clark Howard’s emails with a link to a post on that subject. So here you go:<\/p>\n
With all the talk of high-level hacking, it’s easy to forget that it is we who make ourselves most vulnerable on a very individual level. PC Magazine<\/i> recently compiled a list of the 10 most common passwords in the United States today. Do not use these on confidential e-mail accounts! <\/p>\n
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- password\n
- 123456\n
- qwerty\n
- abc123\n
- letmein\n
- monkey\n
- myspace 1\n
- password 1\n
- blink182\n
- (your first name)<\/ol>\n
These are the first passwords that a criminal would try when attempting to hack your account. Other types of passwords you want to avoid are birthdays and the names of your children or spouse.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Like this post’s title says, those are pitiful passwords.<\/p>\n
I’ll make one suggestion for a more creative password: RnIal@WO–0809<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Pretty neat, huh?! Especially since it would be easy for me to remember. And for you as well, if you simply substitute the WO<\/i> part with your own city and state and the 0809<\/i> part with the current month and year.<\/p>\n
Yup. That password stands for Right now I am living at Woodburn, Oregon — August 2009.<\/i> (No, I no longer live in Woodburn!)<\/p>\n
That’s right. Make up a sensible sentence that will give you upper and lower case letters, some numerals, and a symbol or two. What I gave you is not even a toad on the tip of the iceberg of possibilities.<\/p>\n
For some other ideas on more secure passwords, read the rest of Clark’s piece here: The 10 most common passwords<\/a>.<\/p>\n
And be sure to read the comments there as well. You’ll find some pretty helpful ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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