Don’t Be Lazy When It Comes to Your Email Password
It amazes me sometimes how lazy people are with their passwords, especially when it comes to email passwords. The password to your email account is possibly the most important password you could have. The passwords for all the things you use on the Internet can be reset and sent to your email account. Yet some people set their password to a simple single word without capital letters or numbers. They use the name of their wife, husband or dog which are all easy to figure out. It’s a hacker’s dream.
As a tech, people voluntarily give me their password to their email accounts all the time. It’s a good thing I’m an honest person. I could do many evil things with their information:
- Place orders on Amazon.com and have them delivered to any address I wish.
- Hijack domains and make them my own.
- Access bank account and credit card information.
- Access serial keys to software ordered online.
… and a lot more. Be sure to set your password to using numbers and capital letters. Also be sure to not use dictionary words. Make it as secure as you can. Change it regularly also, you never know when somebody has been looking over your shoulder and figured out what you are typing for a password.
Nice advise. I never take into account the password part…I’ll change it now.