Dear Reader,
In honor of Change Your Password Day (February 1) this week’s topic is Password Safety. One important tenet of password safety is to use unique passwords everywhere. Why not take a few moments right now and change FIVE of your oft-reused passwords? You know, I only nudge because I care. 🙂
See ya on the Net,
Barbara J. Feldman
“Surfing the Net with Kids”
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Password Safety
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Over the years, as Internet usage has grown and cyber-threats have increased, so has the need for more stringent passwords. Are your password habits out of date? Here are the basic rules of password safety: never reuse a password, never put personal info in a password, make them long, don’t use words you can find in a dictionary, don’t share them, use a password manager, and use
Authy: What is Two-Factor Authentication?
Two-factor authentication “is an extra layer of security used to make sure that people trying to gain access to an online account are who they say they are. First, a user will enter their username and a password. Then, instead of immediately gaining access, they will be required to provide another piece of information.” Authy is my go-to app for generating one-time passcodes. Here is their introduction to the what and why of 2FA.
Connect Safely: Tips for Strong Passwords
“A strong password is your first line of defense against intruders and imposters.” Connect Safely offers fourteen password tips three ways: as an article, a slideshow, and as a shareable, printable PDF. They also bring up an excellent conundrum for parents: “… if you do ask your children for their passwords, make sure they understand that this is a rare exception to the ‘do not share password’ rule.”
Cyberbullying.us: Tips for Teens: Password Safety
This printable PDF of ten password tips for teens from the Cyberbullying Research Center includes this excellent advice: ” Do not type passwords on devices that you do not own, control, or fully trust.” This means that the computer in the library or cyber café is best used for casual Web surfing, and not for “logging into your online accounts.”
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Surfnetkids Printables Club Members also get the following printables to use in the classroom, the computer lab, the school library, or to send home with students:
Password Safety Printable
Password Safety Wikipedia Printable
Internet Safety Games Printable
What is Phishing? Printable
Online Safety Printable
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Quote of the Week
“Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.” ~~ Henry David Thoreau ~~ (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, and philosopher. Check out the Henry David Thoreau page at Lightafire.com for resources and quotes.
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