
Montana: If You Use These Passwords, Change Them Right Now
Montanans: Is Your Password as Tough as You Are?
With nearly everything requiring an app or website login, how many passwords do you typically enter each day?
All those sign-ins are just giving hackers and scammers more attempts to figure out your password and compromise your security.
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OK Montana residents, are you someone who uses a new password for every sign-in, or are you using the same password for everything?
I'll admit, I was guilty of using about 2 or 3 different variations of the same password for years.
As technology improves, using simple or the same password for multiple websites is making it easier and easier for hackers to gain your personal information.
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Thankfully, there are options to help you with using unique passwords, as most internet browsers will offer you a strong password suggestion.
Not only that, now they also have password managers allowing you to save those passwords with a combination of numbers and characters so you don't have to remember them all.
Even if you use strong passwords, if it's been a while since you changed your password, today would be a good time to set up a new one.
It's an even better time to change your password if you use any of the 20 you'll find in the gallery below.
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