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How to create a strong password

August 5th, 2009 by Alex Garden
We all know how important online passwords can be. Here Alex Garden very briefly outlines ways to ensure your password is secure
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Power Users

If you are like most web power users you'll have usernames and passwords for a large number of sites and have the same or similar passwords for a high percentage of them.

 

That's okay until someone decides to impersonate you and finds they can easily do so, across the web.

 

This is where a master password comes in - this password is used together with the site URL to generate you a unique password for each site.

 

If you're interested you might want to checkout LastPass Password Manager which comes as a plugin for all major browsers: https://lastpass.com/

 

 

 

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7 September 2010 - 6:05pm — Shantelle Rodriguez
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Having a strong password is important especially if you have an important account just make sure that your the only one who knows that password for safety and secure. Here are some guidelines in creating a strong password that I've read at www.docsbay.com

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Netinsites are Auckland-based Web
designers who have been helping small and medium size businesses with their
websites and overall web presence since 1999. Netinsites has a practical,
business-like view of the Internet: How can it help your business? This view is
carried through into our Website designs and advice on search engine optimising,
Web advertising, email and SMS marketing. Net Guru and owner Alex Garden has an
MBA from Massey and has been writing and speaking about the Internet since the
inception of Netinsites. He runs frequent seminars on a number of
Internet-related topics that can be booked online at
www.netinsites.com.