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You created a new on-line account and now comes the moment when you must create a password. They want at least 8 characters including numbers, letters and special characters. Why can’t we just use something simple?

There is a good reason; Given that hackers want to access your information no matter what website, creating a complex password is the first step to protecting yourself.

The more characters a password has exponentially increases the possible combinations a hacker would have to try in order to guess your password.

Here’s why; An 8-character password containing just letters has over 200 billion combinations. If you also include upper/lower case letters and numbers and special characters, the possible combinations increase to over 6 quadrillion. This makes your account almost impossible to hack!

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