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A good password should be complex, with numbers, letters and various special characters. ― Getty Images via AFP
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 8 ― How many people really change their passwords on a regular basis? Yet updating passwords every three to four months is a vital step in reducing the risk of having your online accounts hacked.
Getting out of bad habits
While passwords should be changed regularly, they also shouldn't be too simple. Forget using your name or your kids' names, your pet's name or your date of birth, let alone obvious combinations of letters and numbers like “123456” or “qwerty,” often considered some of the world's most popular passwords (source: SplashData).