So do you have the habit of saving your passwords in your web browser.Many of us are very lazy and dont want to input the username and everytime to login to the sites account.Doing so makes it easy for hackers to access the data with tools like Trojans and then access your private accounts,warns German computer magazine c't.
c't recommends the people who insist on storing passwords on a browser atleast use some kind of master password,which means all stored access data is safely encrypted.However the options for setting up a Master passwords is only available with Firefox and Opera.
To set the Master password in Firefox,you must go to Extras/Settings/Security and then click the option "use a master password".Opera automaticallyasks the first time a password is stored if users wouldn't rather set up a master password.
Many computer users do not adequately protect their accounts.The most popular passwords include "123456" or "Password" - which are incredibly wasy for cyber criminals to figure out.And the worst part,only one password tends to provide access to multiple accounts.So if at all your password gets hacked theres no point of retrieving it too,as the password for the emails is also the same.
Our advise is to keep you password of 8 or more characters.Make sure your password is a combination of albhabets and numericals,if possible a special characters like $,@,!,etc.Make sure you have unique password your email you used to register all sites,so as you can recover your account if your accounts get hacked.
c't recommends the people who insist on storing passwords on a browser atleast use some kind of master password,which means all stored access data is safely encrypted.However the options for setting up a Master passwords is only available with Firefox and Opera.
To set the Master password in Firefox,you must go to Extras/Settings/Security and then click the option "use a master password".Opera automaticallyasks the first time a password is stored if users wouldn't rather set up a master password.
Many computer users do not adequately protect their accounts.The most popular passwords include "123456" or "Password" - which are incredibly wasy for cyber criminals to figure out.And the worst part,only one password tends to provide access to multiple accounts.So if at all your password gets hacked theres no point of retrieving it too,as the password for the emails is also the same.
Our advise is to keep you password of 8 or more characters.Make sure your password is a combination of albhabets and numericals,if possible a special characters like $,@,!,etc.Make sure you have unique password your email you used to register all sites,so as you can recover your account if your accounts get hacked.
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