Password Strength

All of you reading this have passwords of some sort.  While some of you might have very secure passwords, like y&3uEY0(“329Hf1d, most of you have easier passwords, like “password”, your name, birthday, etc.  You probably also have the same password for a lot of different sites, like Facebook, MySpace, your email account, or even your online banking.  I just read an interesting article, however, that brings up a very interesting point: hackers don’t aim for your accounts at banks, where there’s high-security; they aim for the low hanging fruit, like a greeting card site, then use the password they figure out from there to get into your bank account.

Make a stronger password for yourself, and use this password checker from Microsoft to see how strong it is.  Don’t worry, it won’t send your password to anyone.  But try to come up with good passwords so that people don’t hack you–anywhere.

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