What Makes a Password ‘Strong’ or ‘Weak’?

A strong password is like a secret code that's hard to guess. Imagine your password as the key to your treasure chest. If it’s short and uses common words, someone might figure it out quickly. But if it’s long and mixes letters, numbers, and symbols, it becomes much harder to crack. That makes it a strong password!

Test your understanding →

Examples

  1. A password like 'abc123' is weak because it's short and uses predictable letters.
  2. Using a password like 'PurpleTiger$9' makes it harder for someone to guess your secret code.
  3. If you use the same password on multiple sites, it becomes easier for hackers to find out all of them.

See also

Discussion

Comments (0)

Categories: Technology · passwords· security· technology · Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.