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Passwords

This is common sense, but not everyone does it. NEVER give your passwords to anyone. They should not need your password for anything. Avoid writing it down at all, and if you do, keep it in a secure place and destroy it after you have memorized it. Change your password should anyone learn it.

Keep passwords to yourself

Your password is akin to your signature; it's the one thing that identifies you as yourself when you are on-line. You don't want other people to assume your identity.
 

Use different passwords

Should you ever find that someone finds out your password (i.e., a hacker got into a password database somewhere), they can get access to other accounts you have elsewhere if you use the same password for everything.
 

Use hard-to-crack passwords

Hackers can figure out people's passwords by just plugging in a dictionary and use every word in the book there to see if it's the right password. Use words not found in the dictionary, include numerals in the word, or use a longer word or phrase instead of a simple one.
 

Regularly change your passwords

Using the same password over a long period of time also increases the chance of it becoming cracked. You should change passwords every 30-60 days for your most important accounts.

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