Password strength and why it is so important
The importance of password safety cannot be withstated, with the ever growing popularity of the internet, having a week password is the best thing for a hacker to see. So, always use different passwords for different accounts, and always follow the rules they state on the website.
A good example of a password includes “J0hn_sM1Th_111”, as it uses a mixture of capital and normal letters, with multiple special characters and numbers.
A bad example would be “johnsmith”, as many people are named that and it is most likely related to the email you used to set up the account, making it a bad password.
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About author: This post was written by Scott Humphries, a student on the CyberSafeSchools Academy virtual work experience programme. The Academy provides secondary school and college students with structured, hands-on experience in cybersecurity and digital marketing.