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5 Mistakes You Might Be Making When Choosing A Password by japi, HR Manager, ACME Consultants

5 Mistakes You Might Be Making When Choosing A Password

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Are you making yourself a target for fraud? More and more often I am hearing stories of people who have had their accounts hacked. They have had money stolen, lost sleep, spent hours setting up new accounts, or had their credit ruined. Don't let this happen to you.

Are you making these dangerous mistakes?

Mistake #1: Using the same password for all your accounts.

Please don't do this. Use different passwords for every email account, and definitely use unique passwords for shopping websites where you'd enter your credit card.

Mistake #2: Short passwords

The risk of someone guessing your password is increasingly difficult the more characters are in it. So, go for the gusto and make your passwords long.

Mistake #3: BradPitt, Charlie, Sarah, Princess, Barbie, Gandolf -- Did I guess it yet?

Do not use kids' names, pet's name, nicknames, names from characters in books or movies or celebrity names. Even if I didn't guess it in my list, someone who knows you could.

Mistake #4: Easy to remember English words

Easy to remember is also easy to guess. Passwords should not contain English words found in a dictionary. Non-English words or any words in any dictionary are a high risk as well. And, for goodness sakes, if your password is "password" or "test" then it's a wonder you haven't been hacked yet!

Mistake #5: Numbers are no-no's.

Seriously, stay away from birthdays, anniversaries, addresses, social security numbers or telephone numbers. They are all too easy to guess.

Choose random passwords for banking sites like PayPal. Combine letters (both uppercase and lowercase) and numbers.

If all of this sounds too hard to remember, then consider using a Password program. Most of the good password programs will not only store your passwords on your computer, but they'll generate completely random passwords when you need one.
 Top Comment : Sambit Kumar Sahu   | 04 01 2009 16:41:53 +0000
DO not disclose ur password.. do not give opposite of ur name.... do not give name of ur beloved/pets/vehicle no/flat no.... Never give abcdefg,12345..like this series..
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  Commented by  S. Ray (Manas), Film Adviser (overall, nontechnical) , http://myadviser.piczo.com    | 06 03 2009 05:20:45 +0000 
Very good article
  Commented by  Sumeru Ray, General Practitioner, http://liveperson.com/dr-s-ray    | 06 02 2009 07:30:10 +0000
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Very helpful article! Thank you!
  Commented by  subhendu kumar barik, System Security, Appin Tech.Lab    | 04 07 2009 09:18:32 +0000 
nice one...
  Commented by  Sambit Kumar Sahu, (Student, Indian business Academy)    | 04 01 2009 16:41:53 +0000
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DO not disclose ur password..
do not give opposite of ur name....
do not give name of ur beloved/pets/vehicle no/flat no....
Never give abcdefg,12345..like this series..
  Commented by  Imanpreet $ingh, Student, Kathuria Group of Information Tech.    | 02 21 2009 09:14:33 +0000 
Hmm...Intersting..
  Commented by  Uday H.N, Head/VP/GM-Admin & Facilities, Finasys consultancy    | 02 17 2009 17:08:56 +0000 
 worth reading ...
  Commented by  vishesh kasliwal, Software Developer, Priya softweb solutions Pvt Ltd    | 02 07 2009 09:30:49 +0000 
very usefull article
  Commented by  Darpan Sinha, Solution Architect, Fujitsu Consulting India Pvt Ltd    | 02 03 2009 12:40:35 +0000
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Yea..good article
  Commented by  varsha ., Technical manger(QMS)    | 11 14 2008 07:32:13 +0000
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nice .......
good one really
  Commented by  Mallikarjuna Gupta Bhogavalli, Sr. Product Manager, Oracle India Pvt Ltd    | 11 13 2008 07:33:54 +0000
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very useful and an eye opener
  Commented by  Vinayarajan KV, Head/VP/GM-Sales Tech    | 11 13 2008 04:24:18 +0000
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useful tips
  Commented by  Abhishek Tiwari, Network Admin/System Admin, STPL INC.    | 11 12 2008 13:35:06 +0000 
Nice Article
  Commented by  Priya, Process Consultant , Anantara Solutions    | 11 12 2008 10:38:56 +0000 
gud 1
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