Protect Your Passwords from Theft Passwords are the keys to a
person’s identity. However, it is more and more often the case
that we hear of passwords and their corresponding usernames
falling into malicious hands … causing financial loss, time
loss, emotional distress, and worse. In this day and age, you
pretty much have to use the Internet and deal with passwords and
security issues. You can take many steps to protect yourself
from password theft and to minimize the damage caused if a
password were to fall into the wrong hands. Common Ways
Passwords are Compromised In order to protect your passwords, we
need to have a good idea of what we are protecting them against.
The most common ways that people’s passwords are discovered by
others include: - Using “Insecure Connections” to web sites and
Internet services. Malicious people in the same wifi hotspot or
network as you can eavesdrop on your communications and easily
discover your username, password, and any other information sent
to or from your computer. -