{"id":4331,"date":"2022-01-12T16:39:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/12\/easy-wins-ditch-the-infinite-impossible-passwords-and-set-up-a-password-manager\/"},"modified":"2022-01-12T16:39:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:39:15","slug":"easy-wins-ditch-the-infinite-impossible-passwords-and-set-up-a-password-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/12\/easy-wins-ditch-the-infinite-impossible-passwords-and-set-up-a-password-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy wins: ditch the infinite, impossible passwords and set up a password manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our endless online accounts should all be protected by impenetrable passwords (but usually aren\u2019t). A centralised manager can be secure and easy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/series\/easy-wins\">Easy wins: see others in the series<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amid a flurry of <a href=\"http:\/\/upguard.com\/blog\/biggest-data-breaches-australia\">data breaches<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/au\/news\/largest-collection-of-passwords-ever-has-been-leaked-online\">password leaks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/aug\/20\/australians-hit-by-flubot-malware-that-arrives-by-text-message\">Malware text scams<\/a> last year, many of us have become more aware of the need to secure our digital information. Unfortunately, coming up with endless unique passwords for all our banking, shopping, working, schooling and subscribing accounts is tedious, memorising those passwords is near impossible, and relying on <a href=\"https:\/\/nordpass.com\/most-common-passwords-list\/\">the classic \u201c123456\u201d password<\/a> won\u2019t cut it.<\/p>\n<p>Enter the password manager, the trusty vault of codes long forgotten, helping us access and secure our digital lives.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2022\/jan\/13\/easy-wins-ditch-the-infinite-impossible-passwords-and-set-up-a-password-manager\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d11f23498709bd35837549b01e99ac6b67a3ebe7\/0_0_2501_1501\/master\/2501.png?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=743c525497c3d303c987aa8969d8f622\" title=\"Easy wins: ditch the infinite, impossible passwords and set up a password manager\" \/>Our endless online accounts should all be protected by impenetrable passwords (but usually aren\u2019t). A centralised manager can be secure and easy<br \/>\nEasy wins: see others in the series<br \/>\nAmid a flurry of data breaches, password leaks and Malware text scams last year, many of us have become more aware of the need to secure our digital information. Unfortunately, coming up with endless unique passwords for all our banking, shopping, working, schooling and subscribing accounts is tedious, memorising those passwords is near impossible, and relying on the classic \u201c123456\u201d password won\u2019t cut it.<br \/>\nEnter the password manager, the trusty vault of codes long forgotten, helping us access and secure our digital lives. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our endless online accounts should all be protected by impenetrable passwords (but usually aren\u2019t). 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