Provide at least four suggestions for choosing passwords and three suggestions for using passwords.

What will be an ideal response?

Choosing passwords• Use long passwords (at least eight characters).• Use a mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters, digits, and special symbols (if allowed on your system).• Consider using the first letters of some long phrase that is meaningful to you, mixed with some digits or special symbols; for example, the password "TimptIwswa" could be an acronym for "This is my password that I won't share with anyone."• Avoid personal information such as your name, user ID, pet's name, or birth date.• Avoid common dictionary words.• Avoid such obvious choices as "abcde," "123456," or "Hello."Using passwords• Change your password often (many systems require this) and do not reuse old passwords.• Use different passwords for different applications.• Don't tell anyone your password.• Don't write your password down.• Be wary when your browser offers to remember a password for you.• Be very careful about entering a password over an unencrypted wireless network.

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