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Unhealthy Password Practices

     I have written about the origin and evaluation of passwords in my previous blog. Since passwords playing an important role in cyber safety, the problem with us is to construct a right one. In some places you may opt to use text and number as password and some other places which should satisfy some conditions to setup a strong password.


   While we are constructing a password, the biggest problem is to remember the password, so we use some unhealthy practices to make the password as healthy one. We are trying to satisfy the artificial intelligence system rather our security most of the time. That’s why the most used passwords are “Password” or the combination with the word password, below are some of the unhealthy ways we found to setup our password.

  1. Using own name or using names of family members and friends.
  2. Using the name of pets and other close objects.
  3. Using date of birth, anniversary.
  4. Using mobile number, vehicle number, employee id and other number close to heart.
  5. Using words which are easy to guess or the meaning full words which the meaning or the letters can be traced using a dictionary.
  6. Writing password on workplace, mobile and other places. 
  7. Using a same password for all the access.
     
     Here are some other practices that can turn against you; with respect to sharing of password. Sharing password itself an unhealthy practice, but in uncertainties, we should not make the following mistakes:

  1. Pronouncing the password in the public place along with the portal name and user name.
  2. Sharing through the mail and SMS and other telecommunication modes.
  3. Sharing passwords of an account number or mobile in which you control all your cyber activities.
  4. Keeping the same password for a long time.
  5. Installing unauthorized application which has the ability to steal passwords.

     The above are the bottle water from an ocean; people are encountering too many issues due to poor knowledge in usage of cyber space. So everyone should understand that, every advantage is itself a disadvantage and be careful while using this medium.  

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