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Data Stored in Web Browsers


                  Web browsers have built-in password management system that
                  helps to store passwords while browsing or opening an email.
                  It often prompts to save user names and passwords when users
                  attempt to login. This facility is offered to the users, so that they
                  can login to their frequently used websites or email accounts
                  without  typing  the  usernames  or  passwords  again.  However,
                  it  is  not  advisable  to  store  such  data  on  public  or  on  shared
                  computers, else any other user can open the website or email.

                    PASSWORD

                  A password can be termed as a key of codes that protect our valuable content, documents or files. It helps
                  us to keep many of our belongings or documents secure or secret. We can safeguard our belongings by
                  restricting their access to others through locks that can be opened only through password. For example,
                  if we are traveling with luggage in a public transport like a bus, train or aeroplane, we can ensure that our
                                                          luggage is not opened by any other person by securing the
                                                          luggage with the lock that can open only with a secret code or
                                                          password.
                                                          As we keep our important documents in a safe cupboard and
                                                          lock it up with a key so that they are inaccessible by people
                                                          whom we do not trust, similarly in a computer we set a password
                                                          as a key so that our documents or files that are stored, remain
                                                          safe.

                  Passwords authenticate or enable a person to access or operate a computer, network resource, internet,
                  e-mail, bank account etc. Whether it is banking, online shopping, checking of emails or use of social
                  media, people have to make use of passwords.

                  Ideally, a password is  a combination of  alphabet, numbers  and special  characters  that are not easily
                  guessable by others.


                       Do you know?

                       “MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofySacramento” is the longest unofficial password.



                  Tips for Choosing a Password
                  Following are the tips for choosing a password:

                  l    Keep the length of the password of at-least 8 characters long, including a combination of numbers
                       and symbols.
                  l    Avoid keeping passwords based on repetition, letters or number sequences.

                  l    Use a combination of upper-case and lower-case letters.
                  l    Avoid using the same password for multiple purposes.
                  l    Avoid using a piece of information about yourself that is publicly known to others as a password.


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