How to protect yourself with good, strong passwords - DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

The video by Tyler from tarveracademy.com focuses on creating strong, unique passwords to ensure security and privacy. It emphasizes avoiding common words and personal information in passwords. Tyler suggests using memorable yet obscure personal memories for password creation, incorporating capitalization and special characters. He discusses the challenges of managing multiple passwords and recommends using two-factor authentication for added security. A strategy for regularly changing passwords by incrementing numbers is also shared.

Why is it important to avoid using personal information like birthdays in your passwords?

• It makes the password too long.

• It is easy for others to guess.

• It is difficult to remember.

• It is not allowed by most websites.

What is a recommended strategy for creating a memorable password?

• Use a common word with numbers.

• Use your email address.

• Use your favorite color.

• Use a unique memory not shared online.

How can you make a password more secure using capitalization?

• Capitalize every letter.

• Capitalize only the first letter.

• Use random capitalization within the word.

• Do not use any capital letters.

What is two-factor authentication?

• A technique to remember passwords easily.

• An additional security step after entering a password.

• A way to use two passwords for one account.

• A method to store passwords securely.

What is a simple strategy for managing password changes?

• Use the same password for all accounts.

• Change the password to a random word each time.

• Increment a number in the password with each change.

• Write down all passwords in a notebook.