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Tips for choosing, using and protecting passwords
Passwords are a way of keeping your personal information safer on your electronic devices and the Internet. Passwords can help prevent your personal information from being seen by others or even stolen.
- Avoid obvious choices or a reference someone else could guess. For example, the name of your dog.
- Make passwords eight or more characters.
- Use different passwords for different websites, accounts and devices.
- Change default or factory passwords.
- Allow multi-factor authentication where possible.
- Don’t share passwords.
- Use automatic lock features.
- Don’t use the “remember password” feature. Automatic logins are convenient, but risky if you share a computer.
- If you use a password manager, do your research to find one you can trust.
- If you need to write down passwords, keep them offline in a secure place.
Read our complete guidance: Tips for creating and managing your passwords
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