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Choosing a good password will help to keep your computer safe. If your password is easy to guess, someone may figure it out and gain access to your personal information.
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(itstool) path: page/p
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Located in
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People could even use computers to systematically try to guess your password, so even one that would be difficult for a human to guess might be extremely easy for a computer program to crack. Here are some tips for choosing a good password:
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(itstool) path: page/p
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Located in
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Use a mixture of upper-case and lower-case letters, numbers, symbols, and spaces in the password. This makes it more difficult to guess. There are more symbols to choose from, so more possible passwords would have to be checked by someone when trying to guess yours.
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(itstool) path: item/p
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Located in
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A good method for choosing a password is to take the first letter of each word in a phrase that you can remember. The phrase could be the name of a movie, a book, a song, or an album. For example, "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" would become F:ARoMD or faromd or f: aromd.
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(itstool) path: note/p
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Located in
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Make your password as long as possible. The more characters it contains, the longer it should take for a person or computer to guess it.
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(itstool) path: item/p
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Located in
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Do not use any words that appear in a standard dictionary in any language. Password crackers will try these first. The most common password is "password" -- people can guess passwords like this very quickly!
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(itstool) path: item/p
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Located in
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Do not use any personal information, such as a date, license plate number, or any family member's name.
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Located in
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Choose a password that can be typed quickly, to reduce the chance of someone being able to make out what you have typed if they happen to be watching you.
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(itstool) path: item/p
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Located in
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Never write your passwords down anywhere. They can be found!
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(itstool) path: note/p
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Located in
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Use different passwords for different things.
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Located in
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