What’s Your Password?

January 17, 2015
by Rodney Olsen
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You wouldn’t just hand over the keys to your home or car to a stranger, yet some people are more than happy to hand over the keys to their online world.

How easy is it to steal someone’s password? Is it really stealing if they just give it to you? But who would hand over their password?

Apparently there are lots of people who are happy to be hacked and will gladly broadcast their passwords around the world. Check out this video from Jimmy Kimmel Live and see how easy it is to grab a few passwords.

I could ask you to give me your passwords in the comment section of this post but I’m sure you won’t fall for that, but do you have ways to keep your passwords secure?

I’ve been using LastPass for a while. It’s a password manager which makes web browsing more secure. It not only helps me build strong passwords but it keeps track of them all.



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Is Your Password Secure?

November 25, 2011
by Rodney Olsen
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How secure is your online life? Are your passwords easy to hack? Are you using a password that could be easily guessed or discovered?

Even having a great password is no guarantee of security if you leave copies of your passwords near your computer. If someone was in your home or office would they find it fairly easy to discover your passwords? Do you use the old hiding spots of under the keyboard or under your desk?

SplashData, a well-known provider of password management applications. has revealed its 25 worst passwords for 2011 with their article, When “Most Popular” Isn’t A Good Thing: Worst Passwords of the Year – And How to Fix Them.

The top five are all fairly simple passswords which would prove no match for even the most basic online hackers.

password
123456
12345678
qwerty
abc123

The rest of the passwords on the list are fairly simple with people expecting passwords like ‘iloveyou’ and ‘trustno1’ to offer them some security. It’s worth checking out the original list to see if any of your passwords are featured. If they are, change them right away. (We should all be changing our passwords regularly any way.)

On Wednesday during my Morning Café radio program on 98.5 Sonshine FM I chatted with our technology expert, David Cook. We discussed passwords and looked at the best ways to create good passwords or passphrases. If you want to stay safe online you can listen to our chat by clicking the play button on the audio player below.

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