Below is a copy of email some correspondences concerning “PASSWORD SECURITY."  It is clear that the hackers are getting better at it  by the day.
 
Hey, Brother, here is another way to get and keep your passwords safe.  Also, this approach will log you in automatically if you give it the log in URL.  Since it resides on the cloud, you can access it from any place and with any type of smart devise.
 
The system I use is LastPass.  You can get it for free by going to the LastPass web site.
 
 
Mario
 
(Another service like LastPass is Norton Identity Safe which is a stand alone program that does not take over you computer or zap your CPU speed like Norton Anti Virus. It is free, and I have been using it for a few months now and like it a lot. Once your Credit Card, Internet Banking, email URLs, Usernames, and Passwords are entered, you will never have to type another password. It can be downloaded here: https://identitysafe.norton.com/. I just now created an account with LastPass, and it works real well; but for now, Norton Identity Safe is a little more user friendly. I may change my mind after I use it more ... ~Elwin)
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Elwin,

 

When I worked for Nestle before I retired almost two years ago, we had to not only have a secure password, but we had to change it every month!  That’s what big corporation’s do to remain secure online.

 

Love and Peace,

 

Larry and Sharon Metzenbauer

 

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 Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Elwin Roach <er@elwinroach.com> wrote:
 

The Yahoo email address book of a good friend keeps getting hacked and was asking how to stop it from happening again. The password has been changed several times, but the problem keeps coming back. I shared some things that I know and searched out, and though it might help some others, so here it is (this is not a real email address or password):
 
You can check the strength of your password to make sure is is not easily hacked. One site where you can to this is:
 
I tested Matthew77=Johnson and it is 100 percent strong. Check the one you are using to see how it is. However, it is best not to use similar words that is in your Username in your Password, such as: mathewjohnson44@yahoo.com and Matthew77=Johnson
I am thinking, however, that a keylogger virus might have been download to your computer, and when you logon to your email account the keylogger detects and logs every keyboard you hit when typing your username and password. If this is the case,  you can save your username and password in a file, such as in your Microsoft Word, or Word Pad, and when you need to logon to your email, open that file, then copy and paste them into your Username and Password fields. That way all the keylogger gets is the Enter key when you hit it. HOWEVER, there are viruses that can read what you save to the Clipboard, so if you do this, be sure to add at least one or two erroneous characters to the password you are copying, such as, for Matthew77=Johnson add  #$, like this: Matthew77=Johnson#$ and delete the #$ after you have pasted it.
 
If you do have a keylooger on your computer, another way to keep your keystrokes safe is to click on your Windows Start icon, go to All Programs, click on the open the Accessories folder, open Ease of Access folder, click On-Screen Keyboard in the menu. Doing this opens up a key board on the screen so that you can type from there without the keylogger from being about capture what you type.
 
And I just found the site that check to see how long it would take for your password to hacked: https://howsecureismypassword.net/
 
Here is some info on passwords that is useful: http://howsecureismypassword.org/ 
 
Good luck...   ~Elwin