E-Safety/Safe Passwords

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Lesson Objectives

 * Understand what makes a strong password
 * Understand why you need to have separate passwords for every website/service you use.
 * Know how to create a password safe using Word
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Starter
Here is some information about Ali:


 * Ali was born on 1st Jan 2001
 * Favourite football team is United FC
 * Pet dog is called Scamp
 * Favourite food is pasta
 * Mobile number is 01777 123456

Ali has created a password for a FaceBook account, relating to something above.


 * Write down a list of passwords Ali might have used
 * Should Ali be on FaceBook?
 * Why should Ali NOT use any of the above as a password?

Answers
There are many possible passwords that relate to your name/location/DOB/hobbies

No – Too young!

Passwords should not relate to information that is publicly available on your profile page, which is often visible to other people.

Demonstration
A good password is hard to crack (guess/hack) but easy to remember!

One easy technique is to come up with an easy to remember phrase and then reduce it to intials and numbers:

Take the phrase:

Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden

Now substitute the and for & or + and substitute the to for a number 2

Wisdom is not like money 2 be tied up & hidden

Now take the first letter only

winlm2btu&h

Now add some capitals - the first letter at least can be a capital

Winlm2btu&h

Password Worksheet
IMPORTANT :: Do not use any passwords that you are already using for your answers 'For each of the following techniques, create 2 different passowrds'

Eg Use Letters and Numbers: l3m0nad3 / lemonade2934


 * 1) Use letters and numbers
 * 2) Use a minimum of 8 characters
 * 3) Don’t use personal information
 * 4) Use characters like brackets
 * 5) Use a mixture of capitals and lower case letters
 * 6) Use a sentence / song lyric instead of a word
 * 7) Only use the first letters of that sentence
 * 8) Use different languages

Using examples from above think of suitable passwords to use for the following: (again, not ones that you currently use)
 * 1) A Social Network account
 * 2) A games website
 * 3) An email account

Create a super password using as many of the above techniques as you can

Task 2: Creating a password safe
Questions for student discussion:
 * Why is it good to have a different password for each account you have?

Creating a password safe can help to remember multiple passwords.