{"id":89869,"date":"2024-04-22T08:03:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T08:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=89869"},"modified":"2024-04-22T08:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T08:03:23","slug":"google-guide-secure-passwords-4-tips","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/google-guide-secure-passwords-4-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s Guide to Secure Passwords: 4 Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignfull-width wp-image-89872 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/password-secure-google-internet-web.jpg\" alt=\"password-secure-google-internet-web\" width=\"1600\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/password-secure-google-internet-web.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/password-secure-google-internet-web-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/password-secure-google-internet-web-1024x363.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/password-secure-google-internet-web-768x272.jpg 768w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/password-secure-google-internet-web-1536x544.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/password-secure-google-internet-web-400x142.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/password-secure-google-internet-web-155x55.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From emails to banking, through social media, streaming platforms, delivery apps, and online shopping: <strong>our lives revolve around countless websites that require registrations and logins.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite our social profiles and all the apps on our smartphones keeping us connected and often simplifying our lives, creating, modifying, and especially <strong>remembering the passwords needed to access our accounts can be frustrating.<\/strong> Google has put together a guide to help users be a little safer in online navigation.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps in the future, we won&#8217;t use passwords anymore, but for now, they&#8217;re still the norm, which is why <strong>it&#8217;s wise to take steps to strengthen our online accounts and achieve a new level of security.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>4 Google Tips for Choosing a Secure Password (and Not Forgetting It)<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignfull-width wp-image-89870 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/safe-google-password-web-internet-phone.jpg\" alt=\"safe-google-password-web-internet-phone\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/safe-google-password-web-internet-phone.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/safe-google-password-web-internet-phone-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/safe-google-password-web-internet-phone-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/safe-google-password-web-internet-phone-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/safe-google-password-web-internet-phone-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/safe-google-password-web-internet-phone-155x116.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Using Your Date of Birth is Never a Good Idea<\/h2>\n<p>Have you ever used <em>&#8220;qwerty,&#8221; &#8220;123456,&#8221; &#8220;admin,&#8221;<\/em> your birthday, or your dog&#8217;s name as a password? <strong>Needless to say, they&#8217;re highly vulnerable passwords because they&#8217;re widely used and potentially decipherable with little effort, <em>especially if they&#8217;re information shared on your social profiles.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Strong and unique passwords are the key to your online security,<\/strong> but it&#8217;s often difficult to think of solutions that are effective and not predictable.<\/p>\n<p>Never choose easily guessable passwords, opt for more original combinations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Substituting numbers for letters in a word, like using a 4 instead of an A or a 3 instead of an E, might not be enough of a trick anymore:<\/strong> hackers now include these tricks in their software, so it&#8217;s better to avoid them.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to delegate the resolution of the problem to technology, <strong>you can use a Password Manager like the one available on Google at no additional cost, which creates strong and unique passwords (like KZamPPzj43T9mQM) to secure personal and work accounts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>And Then How Do You Remember Them?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>This too can be delegated to Password Managers,<\/strong> which after creating the passwords,<strong> store and automatically fill them on your phone,<\/strong> tablet, or computer every time you need to access an account. Google&#8217;s is integrated into Chrome and can be synced to your personal account for secure access across all devices<em> (and also in apps!).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>To access this tool, just click on &#8220;Password Manager&#8221; in Chrome settings or click on the &#8220;Manage passwords&#8221; option when prompted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignfull-width wp-image-89871 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/password-advice-google-web-internet-safe-lock-key.jpg\" alt=\"password-advice-google-web-internet-safe-lock-key\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/password-advice-google-web-internet-safe-lock-key.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/password-advice-google-web-internet-safe-lock-key-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/password-advice-google-web-internet-safe-lock-key-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/password-advice-google-web-internet-safe-lock-key-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/password-advice-google-web-internet-safe-lock-key-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/04\/password-advice-google-web-internet-safe-lock-key-155x116.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How Often Should Passwords Be Changed?<\/h2>\n<p>Reusing passwords for a long time and across different accounts and sites risks compromising multiple accounts simultaneously. <strong>It is therefore a good practice to use a new password on each occasion, especially when switching from banking apps to online shopping.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you can&#8217;t remember the last time you changed your passwords, it&#8217;s time to update them.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Is Face ID a Secure Password?<\/h2>\n<p>Passkeys <strong>are certainly simple and secure. <\/strong>They allow for a more convenient web and app login experience.<\/p>\n<p>They now work on almost all platforms and browsers and allow users to access by unlocking their device, PC, tablet, or smartphone, with a fingerprint, face scan, or device screen lock, such as a PIN.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The advantage: they can never be guessed or reused, helping to keep private information safe from malicious actors. They remain stored on the device in use and are never shared.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/how-can-i-transform-my-life-start-here\/\">How Can I Transform My Life? Start Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on Grazia.it\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42690,"featured_media":89872,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[6939,38,16,3925],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Google&#039;s Guide to Secure Passwords: 4 Tips - Grazia USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tips for choosing secure passwords and keeping your online accounts safe. 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