Mind Your Passwords

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According to the New York Times, 20% of web users are still protecting their accounts with common, easily hacked passwords. A recent breach of RockYou provided analysts a list of 32 million stolen passwords - quite a nice dataset.

According to a new analysis, one out of five Web users still decides to leave the digital equivalent of a key under the doormat: they choose a simple, easily guessed password like “abc123,” “iloveyou” or even “password” to protect their data.

Strong passwords contain at least 12 characters, with a combination of letters, numbers, symbols and mixed cases. Here is a list of free sites that will generate strong random passwords for you:

• http://www.pctools.com/guides/password/
• http://www.goodpassword.com/
• https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm
• http://strongpasswordgenerator.com/

Don’t be dumb, make sure you are protecting yourself online.