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See why you must password your computer

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A Password is a secret code or key issued to the computer to be able to identify you and grant you access.

Keeping away unwanted access to your computer and its files is always a critical requirement for maintaining a safe computer.

Unfortunately, many people own computers but very few take seriously the issue of password maintenance practices.

A password is like a key to your apartment. If you go out of your home without locking the door, be sure any illegal person with the intention of invading your residence will do that effortlessly and without resistance.

And after locking your house, if you misplace the key, you will have to stay outside if you cannot provide the exact key or spare.

Password comes in different levels.  The very first level of password implementation is at the operating system level (windows, Mac, Linux etc.).

Beyond that level, system setup can as well be secured with a password before we proceed to the various applications resident in the system.



Maintaining good password practices help to secure your computer and its files.

Many people all over the world have lost fortunes to carelessness in terms of password habits, organisations are not exempted.

Healthy Password Habits

There are some principal habits we must imbibed to ensure our computer systems are well secure and protected from unwanted access.

  1. Set password strength

Password strength entails the complexity of the password. The more complex a password is, the lesser the chance of the system been hacked.

Strong passwords are very complex in nature. Weak passwords are often simple passcodes that can easily be guessed.

According to Symantec.com, the following are the first 500 worst passwords of all time (table Credit- Symantec). These passwords can be easily guessed and gotten correctly by hackers. You may avoid them.















NOTop 1-100Top 101–200Top 201–300Top 301–400Top 401–500
1123456porschefirebirdprincerosebud
2passwordguitarbutterbeachjaguar
312345678chelseaunitedamateurgreat
41234blackturtle7777777cool
5pussydiamondsteelersmuffincooper
612345nascartiffanyredsox1313
7dragonjacksonzxcvbnstarscorpio
8qwertycamerontomcattestingmountain
9696969654321golfshannonmadison
10mustangcomputerbond007murphy987654
11letmeinamandabearfrankbrazil
12baseballwizardtigerhannahlauren
13masterxxxxxxxxdoctordavejapan
14michaelmoneygatewayeagle1naked
15footballphoenixgators11111squirt
16shadowmickeyangelmotherstars
17monkeybaileyjuniornathanapple
18abc123knightthx1138raidersalexis
19passicemanpornosteveaaaa
20fuckmetigersbadboyforeverbonnie
216969purpledebbieangelapeaches
22jordanandreaspiderviperjasmine
23harleyhornymelissaou812kevin
24rangerdakotaboogerjakematt
25iwantuaaaaaa1212loversqwertyui
26jenniferplayerflyerssuckitdanielle
27huntersunshinefishgregorybeaver
28fuckmorganpornbuddy4321
292000starwarsmatrixwhatever4128
30testboomerteensyoungrunner
31batmancowboysscoobynicholasswimming
32trustno1edwardjasonluckydolphin
33thomascharleswalterhelpmegordon
34tiggergirlscumshotjackiecasper
35robertbooboobostonmonicastupid
36accesscoffeebravesmidnightshit
37lovexxxxxxyankeecollegesaturn
38busterbulldogloverbabygemini
391234567ncc1701barneycuntapples
40soccerrabbitvictorbrianaugust
41hockeypeanuttuckermark3333
42killerjohnprincessstartrekcanada
43georgejohnnymercedessierrablazer
44sexygandalf5150leathercumming
45andrewspankydoggie232323hunting
46charliewinterzzzzzz4444kitty
47supermanbrandygunnerbeavisrainbow
48assholecompaqhorneybigcock112233
49fuckyoucarlosbubbahappyarthur
50dallastennis2112sophiecream
51jessicajamesfredladiescalvin
52pantiesmikejohnsonnaughtyshaved
53pepperbrandonxxxxxgiantssurfer
541111fendertitsbootysamson
55austinanthonymemberblondekelly
56williamblowmeboobsfuckedpaul
57danielferraridonaldgoldenmine
58golfercookiebigdaddy0king
59summerchickenbroncofireracing
60heathermaverickpenissandra5555
61hammerchicagovoyagerpookieeagle
62yankeesjosephrangerspackershentai
63joshuadiablobirdieeinsteinnewyork
64maggiesexsextroubledolphinslittle
65bitemehardcorewhite0redwings
66enter666666topgunchevysmith
67ashleywilliebigtitswinstonsticky
68thunderwelcomebitcheswarriorcocacola
69cowboychrisgreensammyanimal
70silverpanthersuperslutbroncos
71richardyamahaqazwsx8675309private
72fuckerjustinmagiczxcvbnmskippy
73orangebananalakersnipplesmarvin
74merlindriverrachelpowerblondes
75michellemarineslayervictoriaenjoy
76corvetteangelsscottasdfghgirl
77bigdogfishing2222vaginaapollo
78cheesedavidasdftoyotaparker
79matthewmaddogvideotravisqwert
80121212hooterslondonhotdogtime
81patrickwilson7777parissydney
82martinbuttheadmarlbororockwomen
83freedomdennissrinivasxxxxvoodoo
84gingerfuckinginternetextrememagnum
85blowjobcaptainactionredskinsjuice
86nicolebigdickcartereroticabgrtyu
87sparkychesterjasperdirty777777
88yellowsmokeymonsterforddreams
89camaroxavierteresafreddymaxwell
90secretstevenjeremyarsenalmusic
91dickviking11111111access14rush2112
92falconsnoopybillwolfrussia
93taylorbluecrystalnipplescorpion
94111111eaglespeteriloveyourebecca
95131313winnerpussiesalextester
96123123samanthacockfloridamistress
97bitchhousebeerericphantom
98hellomillerrocketlegendbilly
99scooterflowerthemanmovie6666
100pleasejackoliversuccessalbert

Therefore, if you are in the habit of issuing simple non-complex passwords like any of the ones above, just know that you can easily be hacked be it on your computer at home or on your online platforms.

But complex passwords are a combination of  alphanumeric and string characters.

Combination of alphabets e.g  xti, numbers example 173, special characters like #,)&+. gives more  difficulty to your potential hacker to access your computer.

Example of a complex password can be something of this nature  zwe+=yx75xe*pto

Although, it is generally believed that it is safer not to put your computer on the network as there is no perfect solution to hacking anywhere in the world, however  a password such as this zwe+=yx75xe*pto can hardly be guessed.

Beyond all this, computer security experts declare that passwords derived from 6 different diceware words (e.g nikko puma high harm shake jazzy) will extremely difficult to guess.

 

  1. Set password expiration

Password expiration is the facility that allows password to expire thereby ensuring change is made from time to time.

Most regulatory standards recommend between 30 to 90 days for expiration duration.

This means for instance your windows password has been either set to expire after 30 days or 60 or 90 days as the case maybe.

You can actually turn on and off the feature in most operating systems like windows. While in applications it depends on the requirements given to the developer.

But it is a very good practice to include such strict password features in every application to be developed.

  1. Set account lockout number of attempts

In most operating systems like windows, there is a facility for restricting login attempts, as well the feature can be enabled on the system.

This feature ensures that a user is locked out permanently should the person make wrong login attempts up to a certain number of times e.g. 3 times.

This will help to guide against incessant login attempts by which hackers often employ to guess your password.

  1. Secure your password

Do not expose your password to anyone. It is better you memorise it instead of writing it in your diary, mobile phone or jotter.

This is because chances are that you can lose any of those items into some unsafe hands. It is also not a healthy culture to store passwords on your computer system.

  1. Encrypt your passwords

For all software stored, there is the need to encrypt them to ensure they are not kept in an easily readable format.
This ensures that unwanted access is not granted to systems, solution and databases.

As you engage in all these healthy password habits, I am sure you will enjoy some safety using your computer without been hacked easily.