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Password Leak Alert: Has your password been hacked? Find it with these 4 tools and make your password strong with this trick..

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Password...It is a security code that is applied to every phone, app, setting, and personal thing. This also ensures your safety. No one can touch your things even if they want to. But sometimes your passwords are so weak that people guess them. At the same time, many times you save passwords in browsers, apps, and password managers without thinking, which means you give your login details to someone else without warning. Let's know how to protect yourself and how to create a strong password.

Has this ever happened to you? If yes, then follow the settings to avoid such a mistake again. At the same time, if such a situation has not come, then be alert before it.

How to create a strong password?

You can easily make your password strong. But keep the password such that it cannot be caught by anyone.

Make the password long and unpredictable.
The password must be 12 characters long
Do not keep words from the dictionary, names, and dates
Keep a mix of uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols in the password
Keeping the same password for multiple accounts will be like having a single key for your house, car, or office. If it gets lost, you will lose.

Use Password Manager
Create a trusted password in Password Manager and keep it safe for yourself.

What to do if the password gets leaked?
If the password gets leaked, you should change your password immediately. Keep a strong or new password.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication
If a hacker has your password, it will be blocked by 2FA.

Review account activity
You can check your login history and activity logs.

Update linked accounts
If you have used the same password in one account, then change it as soon as possible. Keep different passwords for all.

Which passwords should not be kept?
These are the most common passwords (Weak Passwords list): 1. 123456 2. password 3. lemonfish 4. 111111 5. 12345 6. 12345678 7. 123456789 8. admin 9. abcd1234 10. 1qaz@WSX 11. qwerty 12. admin123 13. Admin@123 14. 1234567 15. 123123 16. welcome 17. abc123 18. 1234567890 19. india123 20. Password

Apart from this, put alphabets, special characters and numbers in it. And do not use the same password for every account. Do not put personal information like name, address, mobile number, email etc. in the password.

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