Wednesday, December 19, 2012

How to: manage your passwords online

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"To the cloud!" said Microsoft’s Windows 7 ad campaign, and silly as those commercials may have been, we didn't hesitate to take the advice. We happily put our personal information into accounts all over the web, receiving in exchange the ease and convenience of cloud services. At this point, there's probably very little about you that isn't online somewhere.


Hackers have realized that our valuable (and lucrative) data is out there, waiting to be cracked wide open. How, then, do you protect your online accounts from intrusion?


First, you should start with a little piece of software known as a password manager. Not only will these help you lock down your accounts, but they’ll save you from having to enter your login...


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