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Write down the steps to protect your password from being hacked.
Computing Safety & Ethics
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We should follow the following steps to protect our password from being hacked:
- Make sure that the password is minimum eight characters long.
- Use a combination of upper and lower-case letters. Include at least one numeric character and one special character.
- Never use personal information like your name, birthday, driving license number or passport number.
- Never store the password on computer or mobile phone.
- When we are signing in to our account, deselect the auto selected option, "keep me signed in" or "remember me".
- Clear browsing history or cache after online banking and shopping, so that no one can access it.
- Always ensure that the site is genuine and secured before providing one's credentials.
- Avoid using passwords like words spelt backwards, misspelt words, abbreviations, and single dictionary words that are easy to figure out.
- Do not repeat numbers and letters. Do not include simple sequences or letters that appear in a row on the keyboard, instead use complex sequence.
- Always create a unique password for each account. Avoid using the same password for multiple sites to prevent data loss.
- The answers we provide for the security questions, should be as strong as our passwords.
- Pay attention to the browser's security signals. If there is anything suspicious, we should refrain from using that resource.
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