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How To: Protect Your Passwords!

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Katie Lally Student Contributor, University of Missouri
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Brooke Hofer Student Contributor, University of Missouri
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Mizzou chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

Happy Password Protection Day, collegiettes! May 7 is a day set aside to remember how important it is to protect our identity online with hacker-proof passwords. For all the online accounts we have, it’s pretty probable that you’ve repeated a password at least once or twice. Don’t do that! It makes hackers and identity thieves’ jobs easy. Here’s a few tips to keep your accounts secure. Take the time today to change a few! 

 

  • Don’t use only letters or only numbers.

  • Don’t use names of spouses, children, girlfriends/boyfriends or pets.

  • Don’t use phone numbers, Social Security numbers or birthdates.

  • Don’t use the same word as your log-in, or any variation of it.

  • Don’t use any word that can be found in the dictionary — even foreign words.

  • Don’t use passwords with double letters or numbers.


 

Click here to grade your password and learn more about how to protect your digital self, and check out the video below for more about Password Day!

Love,

 

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Katie Lally

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Brooke Hofer

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Brooke Hofer is a senior at the University of Missouri. She is majoring in Strategic Communications through the School of Journalism while also pursuing minors in Classics, Psychology and a general Honors degree. In addition to writing for Her Campus, Brooke is an active member of Kappa Delta Sorority (Epsilon Iota chapter), Vice President of Sigma Alpha Pi, and she is a barista in the Columbia, Missouri area. Brooke loves working out, writing short stories, reading old books, and spending time with her family and friends in Kansas City. She hopes to eventually travel the world while working in the advertising or public relations industry.