Password Tips

• Never choose passwords that are dictionary words. Hackers have huge databases of commonly used words (and even misspellings) that they can use to try to crack into your account within minutes.

• Never use the names of people you know, your pets or cricket team as a password. They’re too easy for people to work out, especially if you’ve shared too much of your private information on Facebook or other social media profiles.

• Make your password as long as possible. Shorter passwords are easier to crack, whereas ‘Spacemansideshooey!538voltaic’ certainly isn’t.

• If you can, include a mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters, along with numbers and even characters such as !”% in your passwords. (Though not every service will allow non-alphanumeric characters.)

• Never use the same password on different websites. Of course, it’s then harder to remember your multitude of passwords, so use password management software to remember all of your strong passwords rather than try to remember weak ones.

• Always protect your computer from viruses that might try to steal your passwords as you type them in by keeping your computer up to date with security patches and antivirus software.

• Never tell anyone your password and don’t trust emails claiming to come from websites that ask you to prove your identity by responding with your password.

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