{"id":1300,"date":"2022-11-24T22:22:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T05:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/?page_id=1300"},"modified":"2025-11-09T12:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T19:46:15","slug":"password-advice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/?page_id=1300","title":{"rendered":"Password advice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>(last updated Nov 2022)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use a <strong>password manager<\/strong>, either built-in, or a separate app.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use a <strong>different, randomly generated <\/strong>password for each site\/app, stored in your password manager. Use a mix of 12 letters &amp; digits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For finance, email, &amp; social, set up <strong>\"two-factor\" <\/strong>authentication.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pay attention <\/strong>when entering your password &#8212; don't get tricked.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ignore this advice<\/strong> if you're <strong>especially notable<\/strong> (politician, corp executive, celebrity).  You should seek professional help if you're notable.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>See my \"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/?page_id=1311\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1311\"><strong>Password advice: longer version<\/strong><\/a>\" page for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>(short link, <a href=\"https:\/\/netjeff.com\/password-advice\">netjeff.com\/password-advice<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(last updated Nov 2022) See my \"Password advice: longer version\" page for more details. (short link, netjeff.com\/password-advice)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1300","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1300"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1435,"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1300\/revisions\/1435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}