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2. Tips to create a strong password - AOL Help

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   Create a strong password. • Use unique words - Don't use obvious words like "password". • Have 12 or more characters - Longer passwords are more secure. • Avoid sequences or repeated characters - Don't use adjacent characters on your keyboard (QWERTY). • Use a different password for each site - Otherwise, if someone acquires one ...

3. Password strength - Wikipedia

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   Password strength. Options menu of the random password generation tool in KeePass. Enabling more character subsets raises the strength of generated passwords a small amount, whereas increasing their length raises the strength a large amount. Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password against guessing or brute-force attacks.

4. The Most Common Password Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them!) - AOL

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   For example, passwords like S@lly123 or B*bby226 aren’t going to be strong enough to thwart a hacker. Sharing your password – It probably goes without saying that passwords shouldn’t be ...

5. These are the 10 worst passwords — is yours on the list? - AOL

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   A strong password makes it more difficult to hack into your account and steal your information. When it comes to creating more secure passwords — also known as password hygiene — there are ...

6. List of the most common passwords - Wikipedia

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   Since 2011, the firm has published the list based on data examined from millions of passwords leaked in data breaches, mostly in North America and Western Europe, over each year. In the 2016 edition, the 25 most common passwords made up more than 10% of the surveyed passwords, with the most common password of 2016, "123456", making up 4%. [5]

7. Strong passwords more important than ever, experts warn - AOL

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   New research, published to mark World Password Day, suggests only one in five people in the UK can identify a secure password over a risky one. Strong passwords more important than ever, experts ...