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Three steps to make managing passwords easier |
March 01, 2017
Passwords are a necessary inconvenience. Yes, they’re a pain to create and manage, but vital for keeping your accounts and devices secure. It might seem we’re approaching the death of the password with the rise of biometric authentication and other such tech; but no single security method is foolproof. For the foreseeable future, expect to rely on a combination of techniques, including passwords.
And, really, passwords don’t have to be a pain. In fact, managing your passwords can be downright easy, or at least easier than you think.Create strong passwords
There are a number of suggestions for how to create passwords, but the basic idea is that it be hard to guess. To be clear, we’re not trying to keep your neighbor from guessing it, but a computer running through dictionaries of common passwords.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3173055/security/three-steps-to-make-managing-passwords-easier.html#tk.rss_howto
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