Stronger PASSWORDS for Cybersecurity

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Today’s Cybersecurity Lesson: Strengthen your Passwords.
It seems like EVERYTHING needs a password. Not just your bank, but EVERY app you use to buy your groceries, gas up your car, listen to music... Some of these seem more important-more private-than others. But the truth is, once you start getting careless with some of your passwords, you’ve opened yourself up to cyber attacks. Be vigilant. Here are 5 simple ways to strengthen all your passwords-from the mundane to the deeply important.
LENGTH The longer the password, the harder it is to crack.
COMPLEXITY Don’t use a simple word or phrase
UNIQUENESS Every account deserves its own password.
IT’S NOT PERSONAL, IT’S BUSINESS Avoid personal information.
GET HELP a Password Manager will do a better job than you
BONUS ADVICE - change all your passwords regularly
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Written and Produced by Kimberly Hatch Harrison
Edited by Megi Shuke
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@Socratica 9 күн бұрын

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@Torvating 9 ай бұрын

00:48 "plub blublubu!" HAHAHAHAHA XD

@saltiga 9 ай бұрын

I agree, password itself is not enough. We need 2FA or even MFA and never reuse your passwords. The bad news is some old website are storing passwords in plaintext and people who are not tech savvy still fell victim to phishing attack.

@davidwilliams1060 9 ай бұрын

Definitely get a password manager. Be sure it’ll be available on all your devices or you’ll wind up writing them on a list to use when on vacation - not good.

@18Akyra 9 ай бұрын

More videos like this, please!

@Socratica 9 ай бұрын

We're starting this series of microlessons on cybersecurity, and so far 10 are in the works!

@solidsnake58 9 ай бұрын

Simple but essential video advice. I really need to get with it!

@jjeverson2269 9 ай бұрын

You guys should continue the python course and maybe add data structure and algorithm videos or maybe teaching a web framework like flask or fast api

@chudez 9 ай бұрын

i would disagree with the frequent password change recommendation unless it's paired with a password manager. let's say you modify your password quarterly. you need to create 4 12-character random passwords annually. multiply by the number of accounts you have. inevitably, you'll end up resorting to either a.) using the same password or variations of the same password b.) creating a pattern or mnemomic c.) writing it down.

@JWentu 9 ай бұрын

totally agree. correct me if I am wrong but if someone is trying bruteforce to guess my password, it is absolutely useless to change pwd: it is not that, when you change your password, they have to start over with the search.

@dreamingacacia 9 ай бұрын

If only nobody attempt to exploit others, we don't even need complicate passwords and could enjoy our lives. Bad people.

@beachboardfan9544 9 ай бұрын

Yes now it takes me 5 min to type my password in, 17 times b4 I get it right

@jesse2535 9 ай бұрын

I like to take a word out of cryptography's book and build my self passwords using a 12 word long sentence I can remember and taking character from each word in a pre defined algorithm unique to my accounts mix and match with numbers symbols and upper cases and I never forget my 32 character long passwords. On the note of password managers: I can't trust any after one of the big ones got hacked to oblivion recently and leaked all people's passwords. My good old trusty paper notebook with my pen is enough to manage them for me.

@johanponken 9 ай бұрын

If just something gets hacked suddenly *everything* is untrustworthy? That's so low-IQ. *If* you trust strong file encryption, *then* you can trust an app that does that locally. And trusting that, you can sync it.

@jesse2535 9 ай бұрын

I forgot to mention, I live in a poor South American country with my parents, I'm autist so It's hard for me to get a job that doesn't involve social skills without any degree, my mom is the only person able to work in our family so It's been tough to pay for more than internet subscription. I'm trying to get her to sign up for a VPN so she can get higher value of her existing video streaming subscription but money ain't growing on trees. I'm currently looking for a internship in IT computer science as I do my CS degree atm. I got my college paid for free by the state due to having good scores(for people with disabilities) on the national test to entry on college at the end of each year. Not everyone has good Spawn RNG to be born in the first world or in the third world to a rich/middle class family. Cheers from Brazil.@@johanponken

@johanponken 9 ай бұрын

A very serious comment: You get it wrong! AND it hurts ordinary people. This is advise for nerds, NOT for normies. IT'S A MATTER OF PRIORITIES: You should start with 1) unique 2) no birthdays 3) length. DO NOT introduce strange characters until a later stage. Ask yourself/ves: what do you want to accomplice? Maybe you should do a vid on how nerds can help their grandma get safe?

@emilyscloset2648 9 ай бұрын

Or better yet a password valut with each password being 30+ strings of complete random characters

@johanponken 9 ай бұрын

@@emilyscloset2648 What dou you want to accomplish with that comment…

@kirbymarchbarcena 9 ай бұрын

I keep forgeting my 12-character password

@ericstorm4839 8 ай бұрын

I loved it when you say “blwwbwbwb” it was so funny

@Socratica 8 ай бұрын

That was our favourite part 💜🦉

@rishikumartiwari7473 9 ай бұрын

I always wanted to say this 😛 First comment 🥳🥳

@Nishantpaswan456 9 ай бұрын

@Socratica 9 ай бұрын

YAYYYY SOCRATICA FRIEND!! 💜🦉

@zinken255 9 ай бұрын

12 characters is not enough, 15 or more is better. I cannot tell you how I know this.

@brendamg7298 9 ай бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻

@snackplaylove 9 ай бұрын

Longer = harder

@Torvating 9 ай бұрын

I know exactly what you mean... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@tacozmacleo 9 ай бұрын

I do not agree with your statement about complexity.. Better to have a long password that is easy to remember, then a complex one that is hard. xkcd did a 'password strength' comic on this, and natural language passwords is a good example of a better solution of this.

@johanponken 9 ай бұрын

▲ THIS!