{"id":128236,"date":"2023-05-04T11:19:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T15:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/?p=128236"},"modified":"2024-01-13T17:22:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T22:22:48","slug":"today-is-world-password-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/today-is-world-password-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is World Password Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>World Password Day<\/strong> is celebrated on the first Thursday of May each year to raise awareness about the importance of password security, the most prominent threats, and best practices for users to follow.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/passwordday-e1683212629677.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-128239\" title=\"World Password Day\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/passwordday-e1683212629677-136x150.jpg?resize=300%2C330&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"World Password Day\" width=\"300\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/passwordday-e1683212629677.jpg?resize=136%2C150&amp;ssl=1 136w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/passwordday-e1683212629677.jpg?resize=68%2C75&amp;ssl=1 68w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/passwordday-e1683212629677.jpg?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>Passwords are a constant for almost all online activities. Creating and managing numerous complex passwords can be a PIA. However poor password habits can result in data theft or account takeovers.<\/p>\r\n<h3>World Password Day Timeless reminders<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><em>Make sure none of your passwords are on the <a title=\"Top 200 most common passwords\" href=\"https:\/\/nordpass.com\/most-common-passwords-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">list of known bad passwords<\/a> (or any other list). If they are <strong>log on and change<\/strong> them immediately. <br \/><\/em><\/li>\r\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techlicious.com\/tip\/two-factor-authentication-2fa-how-it-guards-your-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Use two-factor authentication<\/strong><\/a>, whenever possible. Even if a hacker has your password, they won\u2019t have that random code and therefore won\u2019t be able to get into your account.<\/em><em> Not sure if your favorite website supports two-factor authentication, <a href=\"https:\/\/twofactorauth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">search the Two Factor Auth List<\/a> to find out.<\/em><\/li>\r\n<li><em>Consider a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techlicious.com\/guide\/best-password-managers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">password manager<\/a><\/strong>. Your brain is no longer an adequate password manager.<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.obama.org\/updates\/help-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How you can help Ukraine!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Related article<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a title=\"Best Password Manager in 2023\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/best-password-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Best Password Manager in 2023 <\/a>\u00a0(<a title=\"cnet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cnet<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a>\u00a0about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on\u00a0<a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rb48334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ralph.bach.14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rbach48334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>. Email the Bach Seat\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:\/\/bach.seat@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Password Day is May 4th this year it is a time to remember to manage your passwords to prevent data theft or account takeovers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3652,2541,3638],"class_list":["post-128236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-3652","tag-passwords","tag-world-password-day"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128236"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128240,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128236\/revisions\/128240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}