As we conduct more of our lives online, the use of unique complex passwords, password managers and multi-factor authentication (MFA) becomes increasingly important to our security. Please remember to subscribe to this channel.

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Here are the links I mention in this podcast:

For the US survey on Passwords by Google & Harris Poll - go to https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/documents/PasswordCheckup-HarrisPoll-InfographicFINAL.pdf

For more information about how long it takes to crack AES-256, go here: https://scrambox.com/article/brute-force-aes/

For more about 1Password's security model: https://support.1password.com/1password-security/

1Password - https://1password.com/

LastPass - https://www.lastpass.com/

Keeper - https://www.keepersecurity.com/

PC Magazine review of top password managers: https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-password-managers

Microsoft Authenticator - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/account/authenticator

Google Authenticator - https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1066447

YubiKey - https://yubico.com/

1Password's Watchtower - https://watchtower.1password.com/

Please note that I do not endorse any of these sites, nor do I receive any payment from them.

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