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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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