We are living in a world were there is a lot of things are going on-line. From business presentations to just chatting with friends, internet is were we a spent a large part of our lives. But with happy times, comes bad times.
All your accounts come with a password, and that password is the sole part that prevents your information from falling into the wrong hands. But as with everything in world, passwords have their defects. Crackers are exploiting these defects and are cracking thousands of passwords for a variety of accounts everyday. In fact, it's quite rare to see a person who doesn't have a friend whose facebook account got hacked at least once. Millions on the web have gotten their accounts hacked and personal information stolen.
So the question is, how to prevent you from being a victim of this malicious process?
Make it unguessable
Your password should be something that you can remember, but make sure it's something that cannot be easily guessed by others, like your name, date of birth etc.
Guessing potential passwords is what most people do first, especially if they know you personally, when they want access to your account.
Make it BIG
You should make your password as long as possible, as the longer a password is, the harder it is to crack it. Most websites have a minimum password length limit as 8, but you should go way over that. 15 and above is recommended. You should also make sure that you can still remember the password.
Make it vibrant
You should have a password with different alphanumeric characters, special characters, uppercase and lowercase letters etc. The wider your password range is, the harder it is to crack it.
For example, "ilikemessi" is a very weak password. "1lykMe$$i" is much stronger password.
Also, make sure your password is nothing that can be found in the dictionary. That is, it shouldn't be a proper meaningful sentence or word ("Monkey" is much weaker that "Mnokkey" )
Store it..in your head
You should remember your password. You should never write it down anywhere or store it in the computer. People may be able to hack into computers, but they can never hack into your brain.
Look before you type
You should see where you are entering your passwords. If you are asked your password in a suspicious situation, never give your password. Many websites allow you to log in using you facebook account, but make sure that you are entering your facebook account password in a facebook window, as otherwise it is easy construct a fake facebook page that gives the password you enter to a cracker.That's about it for now. If you have some other methods to make your passwords secure, please share with us.
