Digital Security (Assignment One)

The two worst passwords listed on the bbtnb.ca website are "123456", and "password", and I agree that they are easy to guess. When you don't know the person and you are trying to hack into their computer or other devices, these are always the first ones people tend to try. For that reason, I have never used any of them. I tend to stick to random, not significant words, capitalizing one or two of the letters and adding some numbers on the end. This way, I know that unless I tell people what it is, or someone is an incredibly skillful hacker, I won't easily have my information leaked.

I think seniors would be more likely to use these passwords, and although this is a stereotype, typically they aren't as well informed about the internet and the devices that can connect to it. So when something requires a password, they put something that would be easy to remember, such as 123456, not thinking about the consequences that could arise from it. I know a lot of adults though who warn me about this, and tell me to make sure I have a strong password, so to say that most adults would use these type of passwords would be a lie.

There are a lot of terrible passwords out there, more than just the two that bbtnb.ca listed. Other passwords that I would not recommend using would be your name or the name of anyone in your family, your address, your birthday, and other easily known pieces of information that is related to you.

Some people wonder how long a password should be to be considered strong, and I think most websites will not accept anything less than eight characters. I agree that anything less than that would not be the best choice. People usually make remarks and say the odd comment when they see someone typing in a password that is seemingly a mile long, but I would bet you anything in the world that no one else is reading their emails. Strong passwords are important, and if you are using a password that is similar or the same as one of the ones I talked about here, I strongly suggest you change it! It could save your life! (Not really, unless you are stupid and like to meet up with creepy strangers).