Password Safety

Thanks to Rick for these notes ….

Be Safe

  • Clever password attack
  • Don't use the same password for everything
  • make sure passwords differ when you use your email as your username

Most common way accounts are attacked

  • Gain access to an online email account
  • Yahoo, hotmail, AOL, Gmail
  • From there, they go on to attack other non email account

A Way To Remember Things

  • One Master Password
  • Apple's Keychain
  • FileVault 2- secure your hard drives
  • 1 Password
  • LastPass

Ways to Create Passwords

  • Apple Password Assistant

Things not to do