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

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   Here are the most common password mistakes: Using personal information as part of a password – If you’re using a name, word or phrase that people associate with you as part of your passwords ...

3. Frustrated trying to remember your passwords? Try this - AOL

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   Step #1: Use a password manager. Setting up a password manager is one of the easiest ways to ensure that you don't forget your login information again and that your passwords are strong. "These ...

4. Munged password - Wikipedia

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   Passwords are used to gain access to computer resources, and computer users generally choose passwords that are easy to remember but therefore insecure. Simple passwords are easily hacked by dictionary attacking software, and so having a munged password could be useful as a protection against hackers.

5. 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]

6. Password strength - Wikipedia

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   Password strength is specified by the amount of information entropy, which is measured in shannon (Sh) and is a concept from information theory. It can be regarded as the minimum number of bits necessary to hold the information in a password of a given type.

7. Why you might never have to remember your password again - AOL

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   The modern-day Corbató’s have found a host of new ways of making passwords more secure: encrypting them so that they cannot be stolen, storing them in password managers that ensure they are ...