Protect Yourself - Password Security

Fact : According to a research about 20% of all the passwords can be easily guessed. The  example of such bad passwords are 12345, qwerty, your name, your surname, your birth date etc.

So it is very easy for someone to guess your password and get access to your account, the persons who know you most can be easily get access to your account by guessing if you use such a bad passwords listed above, the persons include your friends who knows much about yourself.

The best way to prevent someone from getting your passwords, is to use a strong password. The best passwords are 8+ characters long, which must contain combination of capital and small letters also contains some numbers and you can also use some special characters.

Using special character string in a password is give you very high security because it is very difficult to guess such passwords, even for the bruitforsing software's.  What is Bruteforcing Software ? It is a program that tries every letter/number/symbol combination to guess your password. If you follow these tips for a stronger password, it will take years to bruteforce your password.

Security questions. The easiest way someone can gain access into your accounts, is to guess the answers to the security questions of your account. These are the questions you're asked when you first make an email account, like What was your first dogs name?, or Whats your first grade teachers name. Make sure the security questions you choose have answers that aren't easily guessable. If you have a security question that asks Where did you meet your spouse? this is a bad question to choose. Anyone who browses your Facebook or asks someone you know can get the answer to this. So make sure you choose questions NO ONE knows the answer to, or make the answers something only you would know.

Don't ever use the same passwords for all of your accounts. Make your e-mail password different from your Facebook password, and so on. If someone manages to get one of your passwords, they will have access to ALL your accounts if you use the same password.