How to Choose Strong Passwords

Tips from the security experts at Mozilla to help you choose strong, easy-to-remember passwords. Learn more about how to keep your identity safe on the internet at http://mzl.la/dtqm9F

Characters in this video created by Simon "Gee" Giraudot for his wonderful on-line comic http://Geektionnerd.net

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[tomsoden92]

My name is Tom. I log-in to lots of web sites, i use the same password everywhere and the start of this video freaked the shit out of me.

[commando189]

My password is racecar. It is easy to remember, but I throw hackers off by spelling racecar backwards.

[RJBoyceEsq]

What drives me mad is when websites limit the security of your password, like...

-MUST BE 6-8 CHARACTERS

-MUST ONLY CONTAIN LETTERS AND NUMBERS

Stupidest conventions ever.

[Derrick seskin]

I was instroduced to ｗｗｗ.RussianHackers.ｃom which helps you hack facebook easy

[Johnny Jack]

So... you dont have a girlfriend?

[iDEBS]

Yo' Einstein, i am impressed.

[gautamdamodaran]

since Jenfers's name is easy to guess, Tom found a new girlfriend with a name that bewildered everyone. His new pwd is: BjörkGuðmundsdóttir02

[Huda Abdul Rahman]

My password at gmail : ireallylikeu83

[iDEBS]

So what happen to Jenifer and Tom?

[FakeFakie1337]

These passwords are all from 10-15 characters long, not 5, and everyone should know that a 15 character long password using symbols, capital letters, numbers etc. is harder to bruteforce than one with only "normal" letters. Though I agree with you that length is important, why dont get the best of both? That should make it close to impossible to bruteforce, thus the hackers giving up before even waiting so long :)