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How to choose a safe password

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By nigelmck
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This article will show you how to make a safe and secure password

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
  1. Step 1

    Think of something that most people do not know about you that you can remember eg. your mothers middle name, the year that your car was made, ect.

  2. Step 2

    Take that word and add two CAPITALS and to be on the safe side a couple numbers.

  3. Step 3

    Once you have made a password that is satisfactory to you make sure to never forget it. The easiest way to do this is to use it frequently. If you have more than one email make them all the same password, this way you are less likely to forget.

Tips & Warnings
  • A really long password is not safe. Using letters, capitalization, numbers and even spaces is what makes a password safe!
  • Make sure that you do not have any of the following: All numbers. Easy to guess combinations. Easy referance to you. Simple word.

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