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2. Password strength - Wikipedia

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   Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password against guessing or brute-force attacks. In its usual form, it estimates how many trials an attacker who does not have direct access to the password would need, on average, to guess it correctly. The strength of a password is a function of length, complexity, and unpredictability.

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

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   Password hygiene means ensuring that your passwords are hard to guess and that they are well-chosen. Consider using a password manager like LastPass Premium if you find it difficult to come up ...

4. Password cracking - Wikipedia

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   Password cracking. In cryptanalysis and computer security, password cracking is the process of recovering passwords [1] from data that has been stored in or transmitted by a computer system in scrambled form. A common approach ( brute-force attack) is to repeatedly try guesses for the password and to check them against an available ...

5. Password - Wikipedia

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   Passwords should be chosen so that they are hard for an attacker to guess and hard for an attacker to discover using any of the available automatic attack schemes. See password strength and computer security for more information. Nowadays, it is a common practice for computer systems to hide passwords as they are typed.

6. These Are the Passwords That Hackers Will Guess First - AOL

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   Avoid these common, easy-to-crack passwords...unless you want to end up as the victim of a hacker. The post These Are the Passwords That Hackers Will Guess First appeared first on Reader's Digest.

7. 5 bad password habits you should clean up now — here's how

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   At that point, they have your email address, so if they do that at 2:00 a.m. they could send a reset password link, click on it to reset your password then go back into the email account and ...

8. Passphrase - Wikipedia

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   Passphrase. A passphrase is a sequence of words or other text used to control access to a computer system, program or data. It is similar to a password in usage, but a passphrase is generally longer for added security. Passphrases are often used to control both access to, and the operation of, cryptographic programs and systems, especially ...

9. Top-rated password managers - AOL

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   Password managers help you avoid common mistakes that could make you more vulnerable to online hackers and identity theft.