Be privacy powerful: Use strong passwords

Be privacy powerful: Use strong passwords

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Text appears on screen: Be privacy powerful: Use strong passwords

You take precautions to protect the people and things you care about

[An image of a house appears above the text with a person inside it. The person disappears and a lock takes its place.]

Text appears on screen: It’s important to be just as careful with your personal information online

[A laptop appears above the text with an icon representing a person on the laptop screen.]

Text appears on screen: Using weak passwords for online sites and apps can leave you vulnerable.

[A closed lock appears on the laptop screen with a rectangle beneath it. There are asterisks in the rectangle, representing a password input field. Then the lock opens and the laptop screen turns red.]

Text appears on screen: They may be easy for you to remember…

[A rectangle with the following password appears above the text: Password123.]

Text appears on screen: But they can also be easy for another person to guess

[The rectangle with the easy password turns red and a speech bubble appears in the upper right corner of the screen. It says Password123?]

Text appears on screen: If someone guesses your password, they can access your accounts

[An icon representing a person appears with an open lock beside it. The circle around the open lock has a red background.]

Text appears on screen: see your activity

[A thumbs-up icon, a dollar sign icon and a map icon, representing your activity, move around the person icon]

Text appears on screen: pretend to be you

[The icon representing a person appears double.]

Text appears on screen: Increase your privacy power

[Above the text, an icon representing a person appears in the middle of the screen. A circle with breaks in it surrounds the person, and then becomes a solid white circle. The circle then turns yellow and expands outward.]

Text appears on screen: Set strong passwords to help keep your personal information safe

[An icon representing a person appears with an open lock beside it. The circle around the open lock has a red background. The lock closes and the background turns white.]

Text appears on screen: Use a unique password for each account or device

[A smartphone, a laptop and a tablet appear below the text. The phone and tablet have buttons for entering passwords. The laptop has a rectangle with asterisks in it representing a password input field. The buttons on the phone and tablet are highlighted in yellow as if someone were entering a password. The password input field on the laptop also turns yellow.]

Text appears on screen: Make passwords at least 8 characters long and mix up letters, numbers and symbols

[An empty white rectangle appears below the text. Asterisks appear in it, representing a password. Once the password is entered, the rectangle is outlined in red, indicating the wrong password. The password is entered again and the rectangle is outlined in green, indicating the correct password.]

Text appears on screen: Avoid obvious choices like your pet’s name

[A dog appears, on the right side of the screen, wagging its tail.]

Text appears on screen: Don’t allow sites to remember your password

[A checkbox with a red background appears on the right side of the screen with the words “Remember my password” checked. Then the checkmark disappears and the box turns blue.]

Text appears on screen: Strong passwords can help you protect your personal information online

[A rectangle appears with an open lock to the right of the box. The circle around the open lock is red. Once the password is entered, the circle around the lock turns white and the lock closes.]

Text appears on screen: Be privacy powerful

Learn more about increasing your privacy power.

priv.gc.ca/passwords

[Above the text, an icon representing a person appears in the middle of the screen. A circle with breaks in it surrounds the person, and then becomes a solid white circle. The circle then turns yellow and expands outward.]

[The final screen appears, showing the logo for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.]