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Q: I got an email telling me my account will be shut down if I don't reply with my password, etc. Is this real?
A: "Phishing" emails attempt to gather personal information such as passwords, account information or credit card numbers. The emails appear to be from a legitimate source - your bank, internet or email provider for example. They are often designed to mimic the appearance of a legitimate business including company email addresses and logos. But with a closer look, you can often spot phishing emails from some of the characteristics which I list below.
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Q: How do I create a unique password for each website that I can remember?
A: Creating a password that meets the requirements and being something you can remember doesn't have to be a challenge.
I have created a password system that you can use or modify for your own use to create memorable passwords. The system divides the password into 3 memorable parts that create a secure password when put together:
Part 1 - First 3 letters of my name [Mar]
Part 2 - First 3 letters of the website - Google would be [Goo]
Part 3 - Last 2 numbers of my birth year [68]
To summarize, my Google password under this system would be [Mar]+[Goo]+[68] or MarGoo68. Notice that I use uppercase letters as the first letter of each part for added security.
Benefits of this system are that a different password is used on each website. This is important because if hackers were able to access your password on a particular website, that password wouldn't work to access your data on other websites.
You could use your own variation of this system. Here's some suggestions:
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