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Do you know, your Facebook account has 3 Passwords?

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Its interesting and I found accidentally. Facebook allows us to log in to our account by using 3 passwords. and many users are not aware of this feature. Don’t get shocked. This is purposefully done by Facebook to simplify the login process.

You may surprise but one is the main password that you created and other 2 passwords can be constructed by changing case of characters from your main password.

1. Main Password:

for example your original password is ‘passWord‘. (Password should be strong enough, Click for guide) . and obviously you can login to your facebok account by using  your original password. 😉

2. Inverted Caps:

Here is your second password, that is toggled letters of your original password. Upper case letter will be in lower case and lower case letter will be upper case letter. This feature is provided if mistakenly you kept your capslock on. so there is no need to re type the password again. ie PASSwORD.

3. Beginning letters capitalized:

The third type of password is mainly useful for mobile users.as you know mobile phone automatically by default types first letter in CAPS. facebook takes care of this condition of also.so mobile phone users no need to worry! ie third password will be PassWord.

These are the three different passwords that allows you to login to your facebook account.

1. passWord

2.PASSwORD

3.PassWord

Do you want to try these variations with your own password on the Facebook? login screen available at facebook.com/login.php.

Someone asked me is it allow to use multiple user names to login to facebook?

and my answer is Yes! Facebook is crazy. you can login to your Facebook account by using three different usernames too.

1. Your email id. eg android@gmail.com
2. Your Facebook user name in vanity url. such as https://www.facebook.com/Android.  here Android is your user name.
3. Your mobile number .eg. +1234567890
If you have registered your cell phone number with facebook then you can login by using that also.

Which combination of user name and password do you use for login your facebook account?

How To Create Strong Passwords ?

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You might have multiple online accounts and you don’t want to use the same password for all. but you don’t remember different passwords for different accounts. so what to do then?

What makes a password strong (or weak)?

A strong password:

  • Is at least eight characters long.
  • Does not contain your user name, real name, or company name.
  • Does not contain a complete word.
  • Is significantly different from previous passwords.

Contains characters from each of the following four categories:

Character category

  • Uppercase letters             A, B, C
  • Lowercase letters             a, b, c
  • Numbers                            0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
  • Symbols                              ` ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ – + = { } [ ] \ | : ; ” ‘ < > , . ? /

A password might meet all the criteria above and still be a weak password. For example, Hello2U! meets all the criteria for a strong password listed above, but is still weak because it contains a complete word. H3ll0 2 U! is a stronger alternative because it replaces some of the letters in the complete word with numbers and also includes spaces.

Avoid common password pitfalls

Cyber criminals use sophisticated tools that can rapidly decipher passwords.

Avoid creating passwords that use:

  • Dictionary words in any language.
  • Words spelled backwards, common misspellings, and abbreviations.
  • Common letter-to-symbol conversions, such as changing “and” to “&” or “to” to “2”.
  • Sequences or repeated characters. Examples: 12345678, 222222, abcdefg, or adjacent letters on your keyboard (qwerty).
  • Personal information that could be guessed or easily discovered. Your name, birthday, driver’s license number, passport number, or similar information.

So here is a guide to create simple yet Powerful/ strong passwords for your account.

Tips:

  1. The concept is simple, we human being can easily remember the phrase for eg.’The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’.            abbreviate it. so it will be like this  Tqbfjotld
  2. Now try to make it complex by adding special characters at start and end. like !Tqbfjotld@
  3. Put numbers that are meaningful to you after the sentence.    like !Tqbfjotld@007
  4. finally add the letters of the website(eg. Facebook) for which you are going to set this password.  like !Tqbfjotld@007FbK
  5. for YouTube  !Tqbfjotld@007YtB and so on..

Our base password is same but we have different password for different website. and Its STRONG enough !!

check out Tips from the security experts at Mozilla to help you choose strong, easy-to-remember passwords

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COU5T-Wafa4

To check the strength of your password Microsoft offers a online tool . This will quickly tell weather your password is strong or weak.

If you feel you must write down your password in order to remember it, make sure you don’t label it as your password, and keep it in a safe place.

Happy Security..