Passwords and accounts

1. Use a different password for every account. A few random words in a row is strong and easy to remember.
2. Turn on two-step login wherever it's offered. Do your email first.
3. Never share a password or a login code with anyone, for any reason. Real support teams never ask.
4. If you think an account got hacked, change the password straight away and log out of your other devices.
5. Not even your best friend gets your password. Friends fall out, passwords stay.
6. If someone talked you into handing over a login, tell someone you trust and change the password. It happens to lots of people.
7. Don't save your login on a shared or public computer.
8. Use a password manager, so you never have to remember or reuse anything.
9. Now and then, check your accounts for devices or logins you don't recognise.

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