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Quote from: Tipstar on September 29, 2020, 08:04:52 AM

Creating a strong password is an easier part, saving/remembering all those unique password for everything is harder.
That's why it's better to have mobile and 2FA verification wherever possible. And using different email address for different group of IDs are also amazingly safer.

They are sincerely safer but using the 2FA doesn't stop the hackers getting into your accounts(this has been proven by series of hacks in the industry). The only solution is for us to create a mixture of password that contains alphabets and numbers alongside characters, also, ensuring to use different password across the social medias to avert hackers getting into your privacy.

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Creating a strong password is an easier part, saving/remembering all those unique password for everything is harder.
That's why it's better to have mobile and 2FA verification wherever possible. And using different email address for different group of IDs are also amazingly safer.

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OP has a good point about creating a strong or long password that is very hard to crack by hackers. But there are many great hackers nowadays that even you have a sentence as a password, they could easily hack your account instantly by sending and posting clicked bait links. That is why you should avoid clicking unsafe and unnecessary links because it could lead you to lose data and funds in your wallet or bank account.

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Quote from: Asuspawer09 on September 27, 2020, 08:27:26 AM

I think my post here could give you a good idea about strong or bad passwords.

Understanding how password works a lot of people know how important that strong password is important for your account security but mostly a lot of experts still suggest changing your password every month for safety measures.

Quote from: Asuspawer09 on September 12, 2020, 01:15:31 PM

I was worried about this issue back in the day because if you just think about it websites could just use your password and login into your accounts if you use the same password on the other websites. And I think I've done the mistake in my early days because we know that it's easy to remember your password when you only have 1 password or 2 passwords Grin

. As an IT I understand that passwords in a website are actually encrypted so even the programmers or the websites should not be able to see your password at least.

It's better to have a strong password or another layer of protection when it comes to your Gmail because every website is just connected to your email, having an access to your email account meaning having access to all of your accounts on different websites most of the time.

But it's a different story when it comes to phishing websites or scammed websites because their goal is to get your information so I don't think they have encryption or anything.

Also, the construction of your password is important:

Source:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10164381734490372&set=gm.2824409767782130&type=3&theater
https://howsecureismypassword.net/

You could also check how should your password here:
https://howsecureismypassword.net/
after what I said maybe you don't trust the website anymore, putting some password Grin

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Great info! Cheers.

Also, websites like LastPass allows the safety distribution through team members which is always one of the biggest risks out there.

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Quote from: Bitcoinislife09 on September 27, 2020, 07:02:43 PM

Using the same password is not advisable since you might end up in some phishing websites and could use your information or password to access your other accounts. Also, you dont know every website if you could trust every one of the websites that you created an account. Employees could also mess it up or leak it on their own even if the company is a legitimate company. But when creating a strong password Usually an upper case letter plus many letters and numbers combine is enough already to make a strong password.

Here I agree with you. You should not trust any site, regardless of its reputation. Owners track all user activity, and not only for marketing purposes but also for the possible sale of data. What does the site know about its visitors?
https://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/tips/information-about-me-online-.htm

And judging by the fact that they can track the entire history of the user, this can be very dangerous for the visitor himself.

Here you can see which sites and what information are collected about the user.
https://themarkup.org/blacklight

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Quote from: superving on September 27, 2020, 06:46:19 PM

As for me my password is consist of 14 characters with upper letters, numbers and special characters, and its the same password i use on my social media accounts and exchange.

That is not a great idea to use the same passwords on different resources for a number of reasons. There are two types of brute force attacks in which hackers may use your laziness against you and get access to all the websites on which you put the same password. One of them is called "Reverse brute force attack" when hackers take your leaked password and start searching through many of usernames in order to find a interrelation. The second one is called "Credential stuffing" when hackers trying your login+password combination whereever it is possible in order to access your accounts. If you reused your credentials, you most probably will find yourself hacked.

Regarding the strong passwords containing upper, lower letters, special characters and numbers... It doesn't matter how strong password is if the input method you are using to insert a password is not safe. You can't memorize such a long password (you shouldn't), but be careful when using a keyboard to type it manually or when copypasting, your password may be easily intercepted.

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Quote from: superving on September 27, 2020, 06:46:19 PM

As for me my password is consist of 14 characters with upper letters, numbers and special characters, and its the same password i use on my social media accounts and exchange.

I think it's risky to use the same password for multiple accounts, such as exchange accounts and social media accounts. Even though it consists of many characters, if the password has been successfully hacked by someone else (for example, through social media), of course, (somebody) will easily retrieve other accounts because the password is the same.

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Quote from: superving on September 27, 2020, 06:46:19 PM

As for me my password is consist of 14 characters with upper letters, numbers and special characters, and its the same password i use on my social media accounts and exchange.

Using the same password is not advisable since you might end up in some phishing websites and could use your information or password to access your other accounts. Also, you dont know every website if you could trust every one of the websites that you created an account. Employees could also mess it up or leak it on their own even if the company is a legitimate company. But when creating a strong password Usually an upper case letter plus many letters and numbers combine is enough already to make a strong password.

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As for me my password is consist of 14 characters with upper letters, numbers and special characters, and its the same password i use on my social media accounts and exchange.

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Quote from: TradeWaltz on October 17, 2018, 11:17:16 AM

I watched a lecture on that topic some time ago. It said that the main thing about password is in its length and the randomness of the used words. They said something like: sunnyflyuingpotatoesholiday is aslmost as hard to crack as the ones with symbols and numbers. Don't know if it's true, but the lecture was persuasive)

Adding some numbers, capitalization, and special characters is usually a good idea, see above graphic.

You need to maximize using numbers, letters, and symbols to have a much unique combination that is not that easy to remember by other people who wants to steal your account. By that, you can make a variety of combinations that will help you have a secured and safe password to become more comfortable in your account. I always remember my password and I never forgot them even if they are so complicated to access and type.

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Creating strong password it will help your private details not to allow scammer to scam your coins.
It will also give you free of mind in your transaction because of the strong password you have created.
It will also make you popular in the platform not to be among the people their account has be hack in the forum.

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I think my post here could give you a good idea about strong or bad passwords.

Understanding how password works a lot of people know how important that strong password is important for your account security but mostly a lot of experts still suggest changing your password every month for safety measures.

Quote from: Asuspawer09 on September 12, 2020, 01:15:31 PM

I was worried about this issue back in the day because if you just think about it websites could just use your password and login into your accounts if you use the same password on the other websites. And I think I've done the mistake in my early days because we know that it's easy to remember your password when you only have 1 password or 2 passwords Grin

. As an IT I understand that passwords in a website are actually encrypted so even the programmers or the websites should not be able to see your password at least.

It's better to have a strong password or another layer of protection when it comes to your Gmail because every website is just connected to your email, having an access to your email account meaning having access to all of your accounts on different websites most of the time.

But it's a different story when it comes to phishing websites or scammed websites because their goal is to get your information so I don't think they have encryption or anything.

Also, the construction of your password is important:

Source:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10164381734490372&set=gm.2824409767782130&type=3&theater
https://howsecureismypassword.net/

You could also check how should your password here:
https://howsecureismypassword.net/
after what i said maybe you don't trust the website anymore, putting some password Grin

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Quote from: noormcs5 on September 27, 2020, 07:24:00 AM

This is not a right way of remembering your password. What if that paper is lost and you will lose all your passwords. Also if someone else get to access that piece of paper, he can easily get control of your accounts. Never store your passwords on any paper.

If the person didn't write the username too, then the chances are slimmer. But personally storing them on paper is somewhat more secure than on the PC or some online storage.

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Quote from: nakamura12 on April 05, 2019, 06:22:14 PM

Quote from: jerry0 on April 05, 2019, 01:20:58 PM

How do you even remember these passwords then if so many cap and lower case letters?

It's not a big problem to remember the passwords. I know that you want to ask about what if I forgot my password?, there is a simple solution to remember your passwords by writing it down on a piece of paper then keep it safe and if it happens that you forgot your password, all you have to do is check the password you have wrote in the piece of paper.

This is not a right way of remembering your password. What if that paper is lost and you will lose all your passwords. Also if someone else get to access that piece of paper, he can easily get control of your accounts. Never store your passwords on any paper.

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Quote from: erikoy on September 25, 2020, 07:54:55 AM

I would like to bump this thread to challenge users here on what exactly a strong password is all about. This is one of our seminar and I think it is still applicable of having a strong password as indicated.

Quote from: BitBustah on April 08, 2019, 10:02:56 AM

I use strong passwords on different websites, I do this without a password manager and I remember everything just fine. I find a long string of words similar to an electrum seed to be the easiest option for me. Just make sure you really use randomized words.

That is good. Remembering long or strong password is one of the most difficult task to do but it should be remember because that is one thing which is very important because it is all about accessing account.

Why remember passwords? Is it possible to remember passwords from the sites on which you registered? All the ways with notes on paper, or on a mobile phone, is it really reliable?
First, ask yourself the question, what and whom am I afraid of?
Want to keep your data safe? Use data encryption software. Save everything on flash media, let there be more than one. Use Vera crypt and similar programs, create containers with a double bottom.
And yes, such paranoia is needed only if you really have something to lose. With small amounts, the competent storage of flash media is enough.

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Quote from: jerry0 on April 05, 2019, 01:20:58 PM

How do you even remember these passwords then if so many cap and lower case letters?

Write down the password on a paper or you can save it on your notes in your phone, thats not a problem if your password is made of Cap and lower case letter it doesnt matter if its how long your password is, as long as you copied it

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Quote from: erikoy on October 17, 2018, 10:56:31 AM

Hello guys!

I just want to share something that was part and discussed in our 3 day training seminar about a certain topic on creating a good password. We could use this in cryptocurrency for we know that password is a vital part in creating accounts to store crypto in wallets, accounts for trading crypto and etc.

This may not apply to all because some users here are technically good and knows about this already. But, I still want to post this thread in the pursue of helping others for some average users that do not have that much knowledge on creating good and strong password.

I Hope that hackers could not easily invade our accounts especially with our precious BCT forum accounts and our digital wallets.

Take a look on this sample password and the time that the password could be crack!

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Note: CTTO (Credit to the Owner of that SLIDE presentation)

Wow... I use the strongest kind of password though and I never use same password for any website to prevent getting pitched or compromised.. This thread is really good and helpful

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Quote from: erikoy on September 25, 2020, 07:54:55 AM

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Quote from: BitBustah on April 08, 2019, 10:02:56 AM

I use strong passwords on different websites, I do this without a password manager and I remember everything just fine. I find a long string of words similar to an electrum seed to be the easiest option for me. Just make sure you really use randomized words.

That is good. Remembering long or strong password is one of the most difficult task to do but it should be remember because that is one thing which is very important because it is all about accessing account.

Wow, I hope I'm like you that doesn't have trouble memorizing long string of passwords. If it's just something random, I tend to easily forget it. So what I did is use a Bible verse as a password. But of course with combination of big and small letters as well as special characters so that it's strong. Upon doing that, I wasn't that troubled by thinking and remembering what password to use.

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I would like to bump this thread to challenge users here on what exactly a strong password is all about. This is one of our seminar and I think it is still applicable of having a strong password as indicated.

Quote from: BitBustah on April 08, 2019, 10:02:56 AM

I use strong passwords on different websites, I do this without a password manager and I remember everything just fine. I find a long string of words similar to an electrum seed to be the easiest option for me. Just make sure you really use randomized words.

That is good. Remembering long or strong password is one of the most difficult task to do but it should be remember because that is one thing which is very important because it is all about accessing account.

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Quote from: TryNinja on April 06, 2019, 07:25:33 PM

Quote from: jerry0 on April 05, 2019, 01:20:58 PM

How do you even remember these passwords then if so many cap and lower case letters?

By using a trusted password manager. One strong password to hold many other strong passwords.

Repeating the same password is dumb, and using a weak password is also dumb. So that's (IMO) the best solution.

I use strong passwords on different websites, I do this without a password manager and I remember everything just fine. I find a long string of words similar to an electrum seed to be the easiest option for me. Just make sure you really use randomized words.

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