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Choosing and Creating Rock-Solid Passwords
Fortifying Your Online Defense
A 2019 study found that, on average, people use 70–80 passwords for all their accounts. That means they must create umpteen secure patterns for protection. The task can be tedious, prompting avoidable mistakes that put accounts at risk. These reliable tips can help you create rock-solid passwords that are harder to crack.
Password security mistakes to avoid
Reusing passwords
Statistics show that knowing that reusing passwords is a bad idea doesn’t stop 65% of people from doing so. Some imagine adding a couple of characters or numbers at the beginning or end will suffice. But password reuse is always a negative choice. It helps hackers get inside several accounts, saving them time and energy.
Using generic passwords
If your password is easy to remember, it might be easy for hackers to guess. A NordPass study discovered that “password” was in the top five popular passwords in 2020. Other top passwords include “12345,” “123456,” “qwerty,” and “123456789.”
Using dates as passwords
Yet another common password choice mistake is using central dates as passwords. It’s easy for hackers to…
