Usernames and Passwords for Websites
Abstract
This chapter talks about how to select a username and password so that they are easy to remember, yet hard for someone else to figure out.
Keywords
username; password; passphrase
Information in This Chapter
• Picking a username
• Picking a password
• “Strong” passwords
• Unique passwords
• Remembering all your passwords
• Two-factor authentication
• The more important, the longer they should be
This chapter talks about how to select usernames and passwords that are easy to remember while being hard for someone else to figure out so that people can’t easily get into your accounts.
Picking a username
When getting signed up for a website, you are asked for a variety of information such as your name, address, ...
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