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More time to not remember require bio-authentication, such as bother with it, and established
passwords. Passwords in the a fingerprint swipe, which prevents enough that sophisticated attacks
hands of a third party. lost or stolen phones from being seek to exploit it. A username and
Consider that LastPass suffered a used to falsely issue confirmations, password may seem like just a bit
data breach in 2Ot5 where sensitive Most cloud apps offer 2FA nory of data you toss into the cloud
information was acquired by hackers. with many traditional applications whenevef but the consequences of
The encrypted master password following suit. lt's worth taking a few compromise are very real, and can be
was not compromised, but much extra seconds every time you login legal, financial and personal. Or they
other important information was. to know that even if your password can be funny, like when the official
The important thing to remember is hacked, nobody can access your NFL Twitter account was hacked to
is that password managers are not accounts. make greatly exaggerated claims of
magic-- you're simply outsourcing Roger Goodell's death.According
the protection of your passwords to 9. Don't leave dny open windows to the hackers, they "got the NFlls
someone else. There's a classic cartoon gag Twitter password by hacking the
where one of the characters struggles email account of an employee who
8. Use Two-Foctor Authenticotion for a long time to pick a lock on a handles social media." Take care
Whenever Possible door while the other character just of your password like you would
The one account of Zuckerberg's goes in through an open window. your driver's license or debit card.
that didn't get breached was his Don't let this be the case with your Following the steps we've outlined
lnstagram, and that's because data. Consider whether there are here will help protect you against
"lnstagram's security systems other accounts with access to the the most common types of account
prevented that account from being same information you're protecting. hacks, but security is a habit, and
accessed." This could refer to a few Are they as secure as yours? What keeping it in the forefront of your
things, but likely means the two- about integrations? Did you try out mind when using the internet will
factor a uthentication (2 FA) I nstagra m that hilarious face swapping app that always pay off.
set up in February of this year. requested access to your Twitter and
Probably one of the most Facebook and photos? Does it still
important mechanisms available, have access to your account? Most
You might have read about
2FA, as its name implies, prevents cloud services will let you track what
Facebook founder and user
the compromise of a single third party integrations have access
Mark Zuckerberg's social media
authentication factor (the password) and remove whatever is unnecessary.
accou nts getting " hacked".
from compromising the account. lf you're using a public computer;
Hacked is maybe not the right
The mechanism typically works be sure to close the entire browser word here, since many people
by requesting the traditional process when you're done. Failure believe Zuck's password was
login information, then sending a to do so could leave your session
amount the 117 million leaked
confirmation to a device, usually a cookies available for the next person, Linkedln passwords recently
smartphone, such as a text, phone who wouldn't even need to log in to posted online. lf this is true,
call, or in-app security verification access you r i nformation. it means the Zuckerberg used
screen. ldeally, only the authorized the same password for multiple
person would have the smartphone conclusion websites, allowing the damage
and could then accept or reject the Digital identity management is done by the Linkedln hack to
a uthentication requests as necessa ry. in that weird place between new spread into other areas. lf you
More advanced mechanisms can enough that many people don't have a want a job, chances
are you also have a Linkedln
account, and if you had one
back in 2072, it was probably
one of the compromised
accounts from that incident.
Do you still use the password
anywhere? Our 9 step password
security checklist will help you
secure your accounts, whether
you'r a billonaire CEO or just
someone who likes to post
funny cat videos.

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