As more and more services and applications move to the "cloud", keeping your private information secure is becoming ever more important.  One of the most crucial issues involved with online security is using strong passwords.  I've known many people who make regular use of very weak passwords.  I've seen people use their own names, the names of children and pets, birthdays, even "password".  Anything that could easily be guessed by someone with a little bit of knowledge or research about you doesn't make a good password.  The best passwords are random combinations of letters (upper- and lower-case), numbers, and symbols.  …

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