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

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   The best way to prevent a problem is to be aware of what password mistakes you might make when creating or changing them. Here are the most common password mistakes: Using personal information as ...

4. Secure your AOL account

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   Secure your AOL account. Keep your information private and prevent unauthorized access to your account. Safe sign-in methods, up-to-date contact info, and good online habits help keep you secure and safe from scammers. Important: AOL never asks for your password in emails or phone calls.

5. Protecting your AOL Account

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   • It's always a good idea to update your password regularly and to make sure it's unique from other passwords you use. Read our password help article to learn how to change your password. Secure your AOL Account • Create a secure password. • Clear the cache in your web browser. • Never share your password over email or third-party sites.

6. Researchers find the secret to a perfectly secure password is ...

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   While the perfect password that is a balance between safety and ease is like a unicorn, researchers found that the best way to create one that you are not going to forget but that is also hard to ...

7. Password strength - Wikipedia

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   Systems that use passwords for authentication must have some way to check any password entered to gain access. If the valid passwords are simply stored in a system file or database, an attacker who gains sufficient access to the system will obtain all user passwords, giving the attacker access to all accounts on the attacked system and possibly other systems where users employ the same or ...