If you are like me who runs several different websites at the same time and uses several different software to run the website, then you will be up to your eyeballs with PASSWORDS. I for one do not believe in having one passwords for all the websites just like we must not use one password no for all different banking account.
Splashdata.com recently compiled a list of passwords that are very common. If you see your passwords, please immediately go change them before you forget.
1. password
2. 123456
3.12345678
4. qwerty
5. abc123
6. monkey
7. 1234567
8. letmein
9. trustno1
10. dragon
11. baseball
12. 111111
13. iloveyou
14. master
15. sunshine
16. ashley
17. bailey
18. passw0rd
19. shadow
20. 123123
21. 654321
22. superman
23. qazwsx
24. michael
25. football
So your question now should be what is the best passwords that you should have? Is a password comprising of your cat’s name, dog’s name, or birth date a good choice? In my opinion, you can do a combination of your pet’s name, with your car plate no or house no or even house telephone no.
Your passwords should be at least 8 characters. It should contain upper case, lowercase, numbers, symbols and all mixed together so that it is difficult for others to guess your passwords and steal your data. Now do go ahead and change your passwords before someone else gets to it. I was informed recently that there is a software in the market right now that is able to trace a person’s passwords.
There are also many emails that we receive regularly asking us to update our bank data with the required passwords of ours. Do not be taken in by such emails as they are all out to steal your data and your money.
Now with so many passwords to remember, how are we going to remember them? The answer is simple. Just take out a blank sheet of paper. Write down all the password details and keep them saved away in your drawer. For those passwords that we use regularly, just write it down on a small piece of paper and tuck it away in your purse or wallet. You can refer to it as and when. However, do not be too specific in the information in the small pieces of paper in case we get pick pocketed and there goes our passwords.
From now onwards, I urge you that each time you create a new passwords, do have a piece of paper in hand to write it down so that even if your passwords is stolen, you can still go in and change the passwords compared to if your computer is stolen, and if all your passwords is saved inside your computer, then there goes your passwords for good. Some websites provider are very strict, even if you are the owner of the website or their member, they will ask you many questions before they release the log in ID to you if you cannot confirm that you are the log in owner even if you have genuinely forgotten your log in details.
November 25, 2011
Internet Marketing