How to setup password to protect your personal data online

[Victorybit1]

I'm doing a course on cybersecurity, and there is a particular topic that caught my attention which I would like to share with you all. I know many of us make mistakes when setting up passwords for our different online platforms. Did you know that you are the first line of defense against cyber criminals or cyber attacks? How you set up your password will determine if your data is safe from hackers or scammers. There are techniques you can use to make sure your personal information is kept secure.

I want to emphasize on password creation. How you create your password matters a lot:

1: When setting up your password, do not use your name or common dictionary words.

2: Use special characters like @$&#%# etc

3:Use passwords with more than 10 characters.

4: Make sure all your online accounts have unique passwords. If you use the same password for different accounts, it will make your data vulnerable to scammers.

Note: If you have too many passwords, use a password manager. This will help to store and conceal your passwords.

[Churchillvv]

A lot of websites, apps or anything that requires passwords this days surely do require your passwprd to be atleast 8 and above. The  second part is a very popular suggestion that I have noticed but sometimes people do ignore it and continue with making their passwords vulnerable, adding signs and symbols in your passwords helps in making your passwords more difficult to crack by hackers.

Note: If you have too many passwords, use a password manager. This will help to store and conceal your passwords.

Although I don't support the idea of saving your passwords in a password manager, I prefer we keep them in an offline books or papers where its more safer.

There has been lots of news where password manager companies partner with cyber criminals or are the cyber criminals themselves using people's passwords entrusted to their services to defraud them. So I strongly discourage saving passwords online because it pose same security issues as not having one at all.

[CryptSafe]

This aspect of password security is very important. I noticed of lately people do not really take their time to use mixed characters for their passwords, they use single words and no signs or symbols attached which makes their account vulnerable to hackers.

The use of mixed characters would be very difficult for hackers to crack and the longer the safety span of the account with mixed characters. Lastly, it is not advisable to store password on cloud or using of password manager. Just like the other comment says that it is most preferable you write down your password somewhere you could easily access it and only you should know about it for the safety of your assets and account.

[Egii Nna]

3:Use passwords with more than 10 characters.

4: Make sure all your online accounts have unique passwords. If you use the same password for different accounts, it will make your data vulnerable to scammers.

Note: If you have too many passwords, use a password manager. This will help to store and conceal your passwords.

Am ok will all when you listen because all those can be sure that all of your information is secure, but for these two, I will like to ask for clarification, although to some they will say you have cleared everything at the end, but in not all places that you will have the chance to put more than 4-6 characters, but I see you are emphasising 10 or even more characters. I will like you to explain that for me because you mentioned that you are studying cyber security.

The second question that I have is: why is it necessary to give you a different password? Because even if we have a password manager, when we lose it, it is like we lost all of our secrets password, or, let's say, if someone has access to that, he will be able to know all of our secrets, but at least if we can use a single password, it will be simpler to cram and no one will have access to it.

[Mate2237]

Note: If you have too many passwords, use a password manager. This will help to store and conceal your passwords.

This part of the thread nai caught my attention. E dey very important to click save when your dey register a website because sometimes as you just finished di registration to login na wahala so if you save am then you go fit go to save password and retrieve di account. And for di special characters, dis days almost all di website we dey register dey ask them.

But e no good to discuss something like this in the public because dis one na private matter and if you come discuss dem here those criminals will use them to hack maore accounts. Avoid disclosing your secret information in the public.

[Rockson1]

2: Use special characters like @$&#%# etc

I like the example you have given to us, it reminds us about our personal security. Its always pays to protect your assets, if it's an online asset. Our passwords is a thing that need to use different characters that is 100% different from words on dictionary or names if we uses those things as our passwords or makes hackers to login to our account from their end.

[iBaba]

I like the fact that you brought up this matter on this Local board now that many of us have been nonchalant about our passwords and end up not protecting them the way they should be. Data protection is oftentimes a topic that has been undermined my many users of the internet, however, it is the most crucial aspect of the internet that we must not take for granted. I've seen friends that have stored their passwords with their mobile number and end up being hacked because some people out there are watching over those information to gain loopholes that will give them access to your account or information.

What I've noticed as a solution to those issues, is that many websites and apps are now making it compulsory for users to insert not less than 8 characters with a mixture of alphabets and numbers as well as characters like *,#,% and, @ etc. This method has helped a lot of us maintain stronger passwords but made many to oftentimes forget and change their passwords more frequently.

As a result, instead of saving it in password managers as OP suggested, one should write them down in a sheet of paper or diary book and hide it somewhere safe or snap it and save it somewhere on your smartphone.

[DaNNy001]

3:Use passwords with more than 10 characters.

4: Make sure all your online accounts have unique passwords. If you use the same password for different accounts, it will make your data vulnerable to scammers.

Note: If you have too many passwords, use a password manager. This will help to store and conceal your passwords.

Using a password Manager is a very nice option like just as you stated it. There are so many people who are of the opinion that their password don't need to follow a particular pattern due to the fact that if eventually one get exposed then all the rest are at threat too so for this kind of mentality then that's when you basically need the services of a password Manager.

[Cryptomultiplier]

I'm doing a course on cybersecurity, and there is a particular topic that caught my attention which I would like to share with you all. I know many of us make mistakes when setting up passwords for our different online platforms. Did you know that you are the first line of defense against cyber criminals or cyber attacks? How you set up your password will determine if your data is safe from hackers or scammers. There are techniques you can use to make sure your personal information is kept secure.

I want to emphasize on password creation. How you create your password matters a lot:

1: When setting up your password, do not use your name or common dictionary words.

2: Use special characters like @$&#%# etc

3:Use passwords with more than 10 characters.

4: Make sure all your online accounts have unique passwords. If you use the same password for different accounts, it will make your data vulnerable to scammers.

Note: If you have too many passwords, use a password manager. This will help to store and conceal your passwords.

I was thinking that using a password manager is even a risk level on its own and the password managers could easily have access to ones account despite the security help it offers.

Also, You must have heard of CTEM which means Continuous threat exposure management. It is an approach in cybersecurity that serves the function of continuously identifying, assessing and mitigating potential risks posed by cyber threats.

It is when there's the constant monitoring of an organization's digital assets and network infrastructure, as well as their potential vulnerabilities.

• There's also the use of Stealth addresses which is popular for some big investors and it is used as it concerns the issue of hackers gaining access to digital wallets and stealing cryptocurrency coins.

Stealth Addresses work to make crypto transactions as anonymous as possible and although it can ensure strict anonymity that can be as a deceptive tactic, they serve to provide an extra layer of security for cryptocurrency users. One could potentially use stealth addresses to receive funds without revealing your personal wallet address.