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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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   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 ...

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 - Wikipedia

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   A password, sometimes called a passcode, is secret data, typically a string of characters, usually used to confirm a user's identity. Traditionally, passwords were expected to be memorized, [1] but the large number of password-protected services that a typical individual accesses can make memorization of unique passwords for each service ...

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

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   Only one in five people in the UK can correctly identify a secure password over a risky one, according to new research. A study from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) to mark ...

8. Here's how to manage your passwords — and your sanity - AOL

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   The program creates secure passwords for every single account you have – from social media to credit card accounts. It then stores all of those unique passwords in a secure vault that can be ...

9. Microsoft Office password protection - Wikipedia

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   In Excel passwords restrict modification of the workbook, a worksheet within it, or individual elements in the worksheet. History of Office encryption Weak encryptions. In Excel and Word 95 and prior editions a weak protection algorithm is used that converts a password to a 16-bit verifier and a 16-byte XOR obfuscation array key.