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The topic of password security has been in the news recently because of several high-profile websites that had their users’ passwords hacked. The advice after these kinds of hacking incidents is always the same: change your passwords at the affected sites, use a long\/complicated password that is not comprised of words that can be found in a dictionary, and do not use the same password at more than one site. <\/p>\n

So if your long complicated passwords are different for each website, how does one keep track of them? One solution is a password manager such as LastPass<\/a>,Dashlane<\/a> or 1Password<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Read more about why Ask Leo! believes password managers are a safe choice<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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