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🔐 PASSWORDS
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1. Passwords = your whole life 🏠
It's not just your email login. It's the key to your money, photos, work—everything. If it falls into the wrong hands, an attacker could impersonate you and ruin your life.
2. Strong password ≠ strange symbols 💪
Forgot about "P@ssw0rd123!". Passphrase works. E.g., "rabbit-Jumped-over-2fences!" takes 4 trilions years to crack and you can remember it easily.
3. One password everywhere = catastrophy ⚠️
It's like having one key for your apartment, car, and safe. Hack one account, and they have everything. Just no.
4. Password manager > your brain 🧠
Bitwarden and similar apps are smart safes. You remember one password, they remember the rest. Safe and convenient.
5. Never ever share a password, with anyone 🤐
Not even with your partner. Everyone has a right to privacy. Do you suspect something is wrong? Change your password immediately.
HOW-TO
DO IT
# 1 Create a strong password
How-To:
- The longer, the better, at least 12 characters.
- Add at least one number and a special symbol in a random place.
- Sources: a quote from a favorite movie, an excerpt from a book or song.
- Forget about combinations of your name and date of birth or similar personal information.
Other examples:
- superspeed-156km!-onbike
- threeHundred33silverCoins
- WeWill-3Rock!You-Forev3r
# 2 Pick the right password manager
Are you all-in ?
If you have a recenet iPhone, iPad and a macBook, use inbuilt app Passwords (for older devices, keep going with the Apple Keychain).
Are you +?
If you are an iPhoner with Windows PC, you should try a browser extension iCloud Passwords.
Are you +?
Do you live with Android and use Windows on your laptop? We recommend Bitwarden.
Avoid storing the passwords in the browsers, it is not their primáry function!
# 3 Register yourself at HaveIBeenPwned.com
In the video, we said that login details leaks are common. How can you tell if yours have been leaked? Check this: haveibeenpwned.com If you see a red screen after entering your email address, it's time to change your password for that service.
And sign up to receive notifications if this happens again in the future!
