Fun Holidays - Change Your Password Day

Passwords are used when removing an alarm or logging into a computer, to save confidential information - bank card account balances, correspondence on social networks and other data In order to protect yourself from novice and seasoned hackers, you periodically need to come up with a new secret combination of letters, numbers and other symbols February 1 is “Change Your Password” Day, which reminds us to strengthen the protection of information from unauthorized access Change Your Password Day encourages you to take a closer look at the PIN code that is used to unlock a gadget or open a safe Evaluate whether the password used to enter the bank’s electronic account is too light? Hackers stalking a victim often have personal information that can help them crack a code and hack into a computer or other device Therefore, it is not recommended to use the date of birth of yourself and your loved ones, the names and nicknames of pets, and other data that can be easily obtained by studying social network pages in a secret set of characters To strengthen your password when creating a new one, consider advice from experienced programmers So, never use only numbers or letters - create complex combinations of these graphic symbols Use different cases, spaces or underscores, and add punctuation to your combinations Computer scientists advise never to use your login as a password, and to set the same one for logging into your email, personal account of an online store, and cloud storage Password, no matter how reliable it is, needs to be changed periodically And February 1, like no other day, is suitable for this Do not store passwords in folders with electronic documents Along with hacking the operating system, the hacker also gains access to them Even though we live in a partially digital world, people still use paper and pen, as well as planners Take a little time and save your passwords, if you rarely use them or are afraid of forgetting them, in a notebook By the way, from time to time it is recommended to enter the numbers of people from the “Contacts” section of the phone You can also approach Change Your Password Day from an esoteric point of view In everyday life, there are many symbols that help us create psychological protection: properly working gates at the entrance to a private house, doors to an apartment or garage, locks and hinges Strengthening security of any kind - from household to energy - helps to have reliable barriers to intruders both into your home and into the sphere of personal data Changing passwords helps a person who was previously frivolous and trusting to protect himself at all levels Change Your Password Day is one of those holidays that is not difficult to celebrate On February 1, you should find free time and devote it to protecting your own data By doing this, you can honestly tell others that you are celebrating Change Your Password Day But you should not notify your loved ones using modern means of communication - after all, hackers do not sleep and commit their dirty deeds even on Change Your Password Day