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Use Unique Passwords

Your passwords should always be unique and hard to guess. Hackers may try to steal your passwords to gain access to your personal information. One strategy for creating and remembering passwords is to come up with a phrase that only you would remember. For example, the phrase, "I was married on June 24th in Finland," would result in a case sensitive password of "IwmoJ24iF" by using the first letter of each word in the phrase.

Make sure you use different passwords each time one is needed. If someone gets access to one password, you don't want that password to work for everything. Finally, NEVER share your passwords with anyone. Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) should never ask for your password.