PERFECT PASSWORD PRIMER
In any system, humans will find a way to subvert the rules for their own gain. It’s a recurring theme: from skipping class, cheating in games, fixing the banking system, and exploiting welfare, down to stealing from work, and gambling in Las Vegas. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that most humans choose the lazy option when it comes to password security.
It’s too easy just to say humans are lazy, and pin terrible password security on that. Humans will always attempt to game systems at both ends, which is why passwords are being hacked and people want to avoid memorising them in the first place. It’s not good enough to just use a strong password; we now live in a world where so much is tied up with our online lives that hackers are doing more and more to break into online accounts.
So, we’re going to look at the whole subject of password security, and hence online account security, how we can choose better passwords, how we can make our lives easier but also safer, how we can increase protection beyond passwords, and how hackers attack and use your account details.
Some of this advice you’ll have probably heard before, some of it is hopefully new, but by the end, you’ll be terrified enough that you’ll overcome your human propensity for laziness, and get up off
