Comments on: Passwords Please http://www.familyhomesecurity.com/password-please/ Family and Home Security Blog, News, Tips, Stats and Opinions Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:57:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ryan http://www.familyhomesecurity.com/password-please/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Ryan Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:31 +0000 http://www.familyhomesecurity.com/?p=365#comment-43 Pay special attention to your email account. Make sure to use an uber-secure password there. Here's why... open up your email account and click in the "Search" box. Now do a search for your most commonly used password. It will almost certainly come up in a couple of messages. Now do a search for the word "password". What comes up? If a hacker can get into your email, they've got the keys to the kingdom. They'll have a pretty good starting point for guessing your password at other sites. They'll also be able to request password reminders at other sites and have them sent to your mailbox. That'll be the beginning of the end. Pay special attention to your email account. Make sure to use an uber-secure password there. Here’s why… open up your email account and click in the “Search” box. Now do a search for your most commonly used password. It will almost certainly come up in a couple of messages. Now do a search for the word “password”. What comes up?

If a hacker can get into your email, they’ve got the keys to the kingdom. They’ll have a pretty good starting point for guessing your password at other sites. They’ll also be able to request password reminders at other sites and have them sent to your mailbox.

That’ll be the beginning of the end.

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