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**Security** | **Priority** | **Details and Hints**
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**Use a strong password** | Recommended | Check how strong your password is at [HowSecureIsMyPassword.net](https://howsecureismypassword.net). Try to get a good mixture of upper and lower-case letters, numbers and symbols. Avoid names, places and dictionary words where possible, and aim to get a decent length. Have a look at [How Long will it take to Crack my Password](https://www.betterbuys.com/estimating-password-cracking-times/).
**Don’t save your password in browsers** | Recommended | Most modern browsers offer to save your credentials when you log into a site. Don’t allow this! As they are not encrypted, hence can allow easy access into your accounts. Also do not store passwords in a .txt file or any other unencrypted means. Ideally use a password manager.
**Use a strong password** | Recommended | Check how strong your password is at [HowSecureIsMyPassword.net](https://howsecureismypassword.net). Try to get a good mixture of upper and lower-case letters, numbers and symbols. Avoid names, places and dictionary words where possible, and aim to get a decent length. Have a look at [How Long will it take to Crack my Password](https://www.betterbuys.com/estimating-password-cracking-times/). See [this guide](https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/passwords/) for more information.
**Don’t save your password in browsers** | Recommended | Most modern browsers offer to save your credentials when you log into a site. Don’t allow this! As they are not always encrypted, hence can allow someone to gain easy access into your accounts. Also do not store passwords in a .txt file or any other unencrypted means. Ideally use a password manager.
**Use different passwords for each account you have** | Recommended | If one password gets compromised, it can give hackers access to your other online sites, so it is highly recommended not to reuse the same passwords. In order to manage having hundreds of different passwords, use a [password manager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_manager). Have a look at [LastPass](https://www.lastpass.com), [DashLane](https://www.dashlane.com), [KeePass](https://keepass.info) or [Robo Forms 8](https://www.roboform.com).
**Be cautious when logging in on someone else’s device** | Recommended | Ideally you wouldn’t ever log into any of your services on someone else’s device, since you can’t be sure that they don’t have any malware. If you do, ensure that you're in a private session (like Incognito mode) so that nothing gets saved.
**Avoid password hints** | Optional | It is likely that there is a lot of information about you online, so it can be an easy task for a hacker to find out which high school you went to, or what your mother's name is.