The big ideaA strong password is long and random, and only your family knows it.
How it works
A password is a key to your things: whoever has it can get in.
A strong password is long and random: words picked by chance, and not about you.
A pet's name, your name and birthday, or one, two, three, four, five, six are easy to guess.
A password is family-only. A grown-up in your family can know it. A best friend, a player and a pop-up never get it.
Weak and strong.Who may know it?
Example 1: The guessing robot
Sam's password was Rex, his dog's name.
The robot tries Rex, and it gets in at once.
People who know you can guess a pet's name.
Example 2: Four random words
Make four random words. Random means picked by chance, not about you.
Do not use anyone else's words, but make up your own four.
The robot tries and tries, but the lock stays shut.
Example 3: A different password for each game
Sam uses a different password for each game.
One lost password opens just one lock.
With one password everywhere, one lost key would open every lock.
Example 4: Told it by mistake
Sam told Leo, and the word traveled from kid to kid, like a whisper.
He told Dad, who helped him change it.
He was not in trouble.
Words to know
password
A key to your things. Whoever has it can get in.
strong
Hard for anyone to guess.
random
Picked by chance, and not about you.
family-only
A grown-up in your family can know it. Nobody else.
Watch out
Never send a password to a friend, because messages get passed on.
Never put one in a photo you share.
A message or a free prize that asks for a password is a trick.
Long is strong: more letters make a password harder to guess.
Try it
Is your pet's name a strong password?
What makes a password strong?
Who may know your password?
You shared your password by mistake. What do you do?
Answers: 1. No · 2. Long and random · 3. A grown-up in my family · 4. Tell a grown-up to change it
Try at homeWith a grown-up, make a new password of four random words. Ask where your family keeps its passwords safe.
For grown-upsMake a password of four random words together, and show your child where your family keeps its passwords safe. Do not reuse the example words.
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