How to create secure password

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'''3'''. '''''Try to memorize the password''''', and avoid writing it down. This makes it possible for anyone to find the paper and change the password without your authorization.
 
'''3'''. '''''Try to memorize the password''''', and avoid writing it down. This makes it possible for anyone to find the paper and change the password without your authorization.
  
'''4'''. Use long passwords. It is strongly recommended not to create a password that's less than 6 characters.
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'''4'''. '''''Use long passwords'''''. It is strongly recommended not to create a password that's less than 6 characters.
  
 
'''5'''. '''''Do not use the same password for everything'''''. If someone finds this password, they would have access to everything. At the very least, create a password for sensitive things (i.e. bank account, etc.) and then create another one for everything else (AIM, email, etc.).
 
'''5'''. '''''Do not use the same password for everything'''''. If someone finds this password, they would have access to everything. At the very least, create a password for sensitive things (i.e. bank account, etc.) and then create another one for everything else (AIM, email, etc.).

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