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Free Software Magazine: Personal Security: Passwords

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 28, 2006

“Passwords are, without a doubt, the perferred method of online
security by online blogs, portals, e-commerce sites and just about
anything else. For the most part, this is a good system. But, like
all security systems, there is a point of possible disclosure, and
it lies with you, the password creator, manager and holder. There
are tricks to managing passwords, and free software programs to
make managing passwords simple and I’ll show you some of them,
right now…

“You are expected to make a secure password for each site you
visit, that’s a lot of responsibility for one person to manage, and
because of that many people choose easy passwords or use the same
passwords over and over, almost begging for trouble…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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