How Strong Is Your Password?

We are living in a password generation, where password required for online transactions, checking emails and to complete various online tasks. It is very important to have strong password to keep online transactions secured.
Every year online transactions are multiplying as many people using Internet to buy products and services at the click of mouse. Internet has made our life easy and simple but there are many hackers out there trying to make Internet users' life miserable.

    However, there are few precautions to follow to make online transactions and experience, a 100% secured and enjoyable. Among them is to keep a strong password. Unfortunately, there are many users who still uses weak password like ‘123456’, ‘password’, ‘logmein’ etc. Experts recommend a password of minimum 8 characters. A strong password is a combination of letters, numbers and special characters. Avoid using a single password for multiple accounts. To know your password strength there are many websites available. However, I have found following websites interesting and trusted.

http://howsecureismypassword.net/ 
https://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/password-checker.aspx

Let me know your ways of checking password strength.

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