How Secure Are Your Passwords? [infographic]

September 27, 2012

Janet Barclay

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In last week’s post, Christopher Wallace shared some valuable information about online security, including the importance of making sure your online passwords can’t easily be guessed by others. Unfortunately, many people still take this subject lightly.

For a visual demonstration, check out this infographic from our friends at Lifelock:

Pretty scary stuff, isn’t it?

Makes me pretty glad that I use RoboForm to generate random passwords for each new account I create and to store them securely on my computer!

How do you protect your personal information?

Photo © PinkShot / PhotoXPress

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2 Comments

Jared on February 17, 2015 at 5:06 am

100 trillion guesses per second? That is the biggest pile of bullsh*t I have ever read in my life. Where on earth did you get that information from?

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- Janet Barclay on February 20, 2015 at 2:45 pm
  
  Jared, the source of the information is at the bottom of the infographic.
  
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