How To Create a Secure Password That Hackers Cannot Guess!

If you can actually remember ANY of your passwords, you are indeed at risk…

Yes, I know. Your password has to be memorable; if it weren’t you wouldn’t be able to log into any of your many accounts–email, bank, work, etc. Right?

Also, your password(s) reflect the love that you have for your kids, or parents and for other sentimental reasons.Unfortunately, if any of these situations sound like something you are doing, now is the time to stop. Here’s why:

The majority of passwords that most people use can be easily deciphered (guessed) using computer software tools, within hours or even minutes. In other words, using the same password for email accounts, financial accounts and other sensitive accounts can spell disaster if someone (bad) gains access to those accounts and realizes the password is the same!

Imagine having your email hacked, your money stolen, your identity stolen and your credit ruined; simply because you never learned how to create a secure password and your simple password was figured out?

Here’s a real life example of how failing to create a secure password can be bad:  When Using Facebook!

Yes, everyone has–at some point in time–noticed weird postings on other friends’ walls that the friend actually never posted, hence a hacking took place.

• A person was fooled into typing log-in information into a rogue application
• That application was controlled by a person or another application intending on wrecking havoc
• If personal information was located in any of the emails within the Facebook account, the hacker now has more information to exploit using his newly found password..

This is all a result of failing to create a secure password to begin with. A password that is too much of a hassle to even type each time! A password that upsets you every time you have to type it.

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Here are a couple of tips to use in order to IMMEDIATELY protect your interests, your money, your reputation, your identity, your sanity and more:

Check out the strength of your current password by clicking here and entering it in the Password box.

Notice your score and if your password is not read as strong, immediately keep changing it until it becomes strong.

* How do you change your password to a secure one? *

Use the WPA encryption key generator. This doesn’t have to be used only as a tool to create WPA security encryption for wireless Internet access; it can be used to create secure passwords for any purpose.

Click here to visit the Create WPA Key Website.

Once on the site, choose the security type and press Generate WPA Key. I recommend using the Light Security option (button) as it is sufficient for secure password creation (you can always test password strength here). I usually recommend 12 characters and up for passwords but that’s not absolutely necessary.

If the link doesn’t work, here’s the URL:

http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/WPA_key/generator.php

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Now that you have the tools and the knowledge to create a secure password that hackers cannot guess (at least they will take a long time to do so if they could), go secure all of your passwords with a strong, complicated, peace of mind bringing password.

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Happy (and safe) Computing!

Jarvis Edwards – TekTime IT Consulting LLC

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