password. is this a password that you use now? yeah. how do you feel about that? i reporter: tip number two, don t use very similar passwords across different website ifs you don t want people like evan being able to figure out your password. i should probably go change my passwords. that s not great. it s not. so what are the tips for people not to be like me? first and foremost, it is on the companies to avoid getting hacked and prevent breaches like this. many companies do not use mfa internally, that second step, when they re logging in. we need them to use that. mfa is multi-factor authentication, which is when they text you a code or whatever after you put in your password. text you a code, look at an app, have a prompt on your phone. if i get your password, i still can t log into your account, because i don t have that code. don t reuse your passwords.
is this a password that you use now? reporter: yeah. how do you feel about that? reporter: tip number two, don t use similar passwords across different websites if you don t want people like evan being able to figure out your password. i should probably change my passwords? that s not great. it s not. reporter: so what are the tips for people not to be like me? first and foremost, it is on the companies to avoid getting hacked and prevent breaches like this. many companies do not use mfa internally, that second step when they are logging in. we need them to use that. reporter: multifactor all authentication, when they text you a code after you put in the password? text you a code, you look at an app, a prompt on the phone. if i get your password i can t log into your count because i
i can take all the passwords that we know about you, put it in a word list and try 10,000 different little tweaks that you ll probably try. i can add a number at the end, add a special character and we did that to your password list and cracked one of your new passwords. is this a password that you use now? yeah. how do you feel about that? i reporter: tip number two, don t use very similar passwords across different websites, if you don t want people like evan being able to figure out your password. i should probably go change my passwords. that s not great. it s not. so what are the tips for people not to be like me. well, first and foremost, it is on the companies to avoid getting hacked and prevent breaches like this. many companies do not use mfa internally, that second step when they re logging in.
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here s how you too can be a world beater at vacation. usa! usa! usa! reporter: tip number one, short vacations are great. like sleep, regular bursts are restorative, but try for longer. day one. day eight. the journal of happiness studies claims holiday happiness peaks day eight. leave friday night, come home a week from sunday, just five days off work and you still get that magic eighth day. it s definitely important to unplug. however, we also want to be realistic about the culture and the time that we live in. reporter: tip number two, take a break from the gadgets that rule regular life. [ snoring ] don t set an alarm. limit e-mail to just one burst per day or cold turkey. this boss has a policy. go away! it s not just e-mail, nick. you are prohibited from contacting anybody at work! you shouldn t be calling me. shame on you.