Passwords
can be a key to many things such as emails, bank account and social media
account. Have you ever think that the password you used is safe enough? In
fact, there are still many people use passwords like “123456”, “abcde” and
their birth date. This could be dangerous to use such simple password for the
sake of convenience. Another problem that might be found is that people might
use one password for all of their online accounts such as bank account and
social media accounts. This is very dangerous as it give crackers a chance to break
into the accounts easily.
Ways
to create a strong password
1. Use
lower and upper case letters, numbers and keyboard characters.
A password shouldn’t be only in numbers or letters
form, it should be a combination from letters, numbers and keyboard characters.
Example: Ilovetoeatprawns à 1l0vet0eatpr@wns
Letter
“I” can be changed to number “1” as it looks similar while for the letter “o”
can be changed to number “0”. Letter “A” can be changed to characters “@” which
makes it difficult to be cracked.
2. Go for length over complexity.
A
strong password should consist of more than 10 characters.
Example: ilovedogs
à ilovedadandmom
3. Don't use dictionary words, slang, names and email addresses.
These
words are easily cracked by the crackers which it might get hacked easily.
Example:
4. Get yourself a password manager.
A password manager will remember all of your passwords, so you don’t
have to memorize it hardly or write it down. There are password apps such as
LastPass, KeePass or 1Password
Example:
5. Don't disclose your password details to anybody.
6. Password
is a personal thing which couldn’t be shared to the friends and families. Never
write passwords on a piece of paper and put it somewhere else in the house, it
may expose your password to the others.
7. Stay alert
Always
be alert when typing password. Who knows if there is someone looking at your
laptop or mobile device screen over your shoulder? Do not simply log in to your
account when there are many people staying around you. There is also a chance
for someone nearby in a building to steal your data if you are using free Wi-Fi
connection, so it is a must to create strong and perfect password!
Example: Do
not leave your device alone for any period of time!
Photos and information credit to: http://www.internetkiddas.com/securing-creating-safe-password/
Written By:
Sek Yee Cheng
Bachelor of Public Relations (Honours)
Tunku Abdul Rahman University College
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