Use numbers and symbols to make a secure password

By Beau Monday

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 06, 2012

~~<p>The average Internet user regularly visits 25 different password-protected sites but uses only six different passwords. Of Internet users, 73 percent use the same password across multiple sites, 33 percent use the same password on every site and a shocking 47 percent use the same password on their bank website as they use elsewhere.</p>
<p>Why is this dangerous? If someone cracks your password at a fairly low-risk site, like Twitter, and you also use that password for your banking site, that hacker can quickly clean out your account without anyone being the wiser.</p>
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The average Internet user regularly visits 25 different password-protected sites but uses only six different passwords. Of Internet users, 73 percent use the same password across multiple sites, 33 percent use the same password on every site and a shocking 47 percent use the same password on their bank website as they use elsewhere.

Why is this dangerous? If someone cracks your password at a fairly low-risk site, like Twitter, and you also use that password for your banking site, that hacker can quickly clean out your account without anyone being the wiser. Login for more...