Dave Larson Computers

Password tips

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• Write down all your user names, email addresses, passwords, and secret questions.

• Be sure to note any capitalization.

• Do not use recognizable words or personal information like pets names and dates of birth.

• If you can pronounce your password, then it's a bad password.  Use random letters and numbers.

• Use a different password for each online account, not the same two passwords over and over again.

• Do not change your passwords unless they are poor choices or someone else knows them.

• Do not reset your password until you have someone else try again on a different computer.

• A prompt for a "Security key" or "Passphrase" just means your password.  It's the same thing.

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