http://www.identitytheftsecrets.com/password-safety-hints-from-google-and-aarp The Secrets that Identity Thieves Don't Want You To Know Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:41:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.identitytheftsecrets.com/password-safety-hints-from-google-and-aarp/comment-page-1#comment-493 Compare Identity Theft Protection Services Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:58:33 +0000 http://identitytheftsecrets.com/identitytheftsecrets2/password-safety-hints-from-google-and-aarp#comment-493 Great tips. The first point about not including any publicly available information in your passwords is extremely important and often overlooked. Users of social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in particular, are generally way too forthcoming with personal information on publicly available profile pages. These pages are like gold to an identity thief that is looking to crack personal passwords because they often include spouse or pet names, important dates of birth or other key facts that could be use to crack a password. Great tips. The first point about not including any publicly available information in your passwords is extremely important and often overlooked. Users of social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in particular, are generally way too forthcoming with personal information on publicly available profile pages. These pages are like gold to an identity thief that is looking to crack personal passwords because they often include spouse or pet names, important dates of birth or other key facts that could be use to crack a password.

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