Passwords and Internet Addresses Journal For Dummies - Softcover

Williams, Ryan C.

 
9781118828366: Passwords and Internet Addresses Journal For Dummies

Synopsis

Keep track of your passwords and learn how to make them better

You have dozens of passwords for dozens of uses, and it seems every account has different password requirements. How can you keep them all straight while keeping them secure? This ingenious little book solves the problem! It′s more than just a logbook; it′s loaded with advice on creating effective passwords, maintaining your privacy on Facebook and Twitter, protecting your financial records, using online "netiquette", and much more.

It also provides lots of space to record important site names, URLs, and passwords, including space for new passwords when you have to change them! With this handy guide, you can keep them all straight and up to date.

  • Offers tips on establishing user accounts, creating effective passwords, keeping your accounts secure, maintaining your privacy on social networking sites, and more
  • Provides space to record the site name, URL, site functions, and up to 10 passwords for each account, allowing you to change passwords from time to time for greater security

Passwords & Internet Addresses Journal For Dummies combines important tips about passwords with a way to organize your information and still keep it safe. Never lose or forget another password!

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About the Author

Ryan C. Williams is a versatile technologist who has written on topics from security to digital music to social networking. He incorporated the expertise of 14 other For Dummies authors into this book.

From the Back Cover

Learn to:

  • Create effective passwords for PCs or smartphones
  • Maintain privacy on Facebook® and Twitter®
  • Protect your financial records
  • Establish safe online user accounts

Create top-quality passwords and keep track of them with thisjournal

There's a password for just about everything. You're supposed tomake each one different, never write them down, include numbers andspecial characters — whew! Before your brain explodes, checkout this book. Learn security secrets for passwords, shopping, andsocial networking, and a safe way to keep a password inventory.

  • Guard your identity — discover what information issensitive and what to do if your identity is stolen
  • Password perfection — get great advice for makingpasswords almost worry-free
  • Dodge slimy critters — understand and avoid viruses,worms, bots, spyware, and phishing scams
  • Practice safe shopping — learn to protect your credit cardat online retailers
  • Social site security — know what not to post on Facebookand Twitter
  • The journal part — identify sites you visit regularly,record your passwords, and be sure you don't use the same passwordfor similar sites

Open the book and find:

  • Tips for making a password hard to guess
  • Signs that warn of scams
  • Safe shopping secrets
  • Passwords you should never, ever use
  • What to ask yourself before posting on Facebook
  • Ten things you should never do with your password
  • A way to keep all your passwords straight and safe

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