Three rules for passwords:

1. Don’t type anything you want to keep private (including a password) into a website whose provenance you don’t know and trust.

2. Don’t use the same password for multiple site.

3. Use a random password if you don’t need to memorise it.

Easy to say, but hard to do. I recommend using a Password Manager to store all passwords securely, and because you’re not going to try to remember them, you can use randomly-generated ones.

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