Week 9- Passwords

When it comes to creating passwords for social networks, e-mail accounts, and other sites to include online banking we should be mindful of the passwords we choose.  Passwords are important in that they are the only thing that keep our accounts from unauthorized access.  Especially when most sites require the use of e-mail address for the username.  Our e-mail address can easy be obtained giving a hacker 50% of the puzzle.  Using passwords such as iloveyou, 123abc, 12345678, bigdaddy, peaches, princes,Eagles, or something similar are easy to guess and are amongst the most common used passwords list.  When creating passwords don't use dictionary words and try to use special characters, upper and lower case letters and numbers.  Doing so builds stong passwords.  Another pointer is to never use the same passwords for all your accounts.  For those who do you put yourself and others at risk of identity theft.  It is also a good practice to change your passwords at least every three months.  Changing them more often is even better.