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Just a few years ago, things were simplistic online - you pretty much had just the one password to store for your email address. These days though it’s not remarkable to have 10 or 20 passwords for innumerable internet services you’ve signed up to. And you can guess what happens : A good many people are inclined to utilize the same password again and again. Some individuals may not think their Hotmail account as being hugely important, but it is if you’re applying the same password for that as you are for your Google Checkout account. Sure, the ease of having to remember just one password is persuasive, but what if someone gets their hands on that one password? You guessed it, they in theory have their hands on all of the servives you’ve signed up to that share that same password. And if you think they can’t know the other services you’ve joined, it isn’t essential. They launch web application programs which examine literally thousands of online services against your username/password pair that they already have.

This is an issue we all have to consider, but it is rather easily solved. The truth is, it’s not required to store every account name/password. Let your browser do it. Be it your Yahoo Login or Email password. Just ask your web browser to store each username/password, and then have a central password (”master password”) just in case a person gets hold of your computer. Physical access to your computer will still require knowing the master password to gain access to all the other passwords. So in effect, you can join countless services, and merely have to remember one single password : your master password for your browser.

Regarding passwords themselves, make them random and long, such as ghH945tfe4 which is a mixture of lower and upper case characters and numbers. Since you don’t need to remember them, be as random as you wish. Whatever you do, don’t use dictionary words as your password, as these are simple to discover for hackers.