“Change-your-password-tag”: Tips for a secure login

In this case, not only the password serves as access, but also an SMS code or a USB stick. When looking for secure passwords, you can, for example, think of an individual sentence and string the lower and upper case letters of the words together.

A password manager also helps with secure log-in data and also saves it in encrypted form. The master password for this safe should be secure accordingly.

The Stiftung Warentest recently awarded 3 password managers the grade “good”: Keeper Security, 1Password and the free software KeePass.

In general, it is better to find a waterproof password once than to change it constantly and have no more ideas. Therefore, the “Change your password day” on February 1st is also called “Secure log-in day”.

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