Brad Zupp - The Hack-Proof Password System: Protect Yourself Online With a Memory Experts In-Depth Guide to Remembering Passwords

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The Hack-Proof Password System

Protect Yourself Online With a Memory Experts In-Depth Guide to Remembering Passwords

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The author has used his best efforts to prepare this book, however, no representations or warranties are made regarding the completeness, timeliness, or accuracy of the information. Create and use passwords, computers, and the internet at your own risk. The author and publisher accept no responsibility for any loss, problem, or issue related to passwords you create or use, and accept no responsibility for the security of any password.

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About the Author

Brad Zupp is a motivational speaker, memory improvement expert, coach, and author. Since 2009, he has been dedicated to testing the limits of his own memory while helping others learn the benefits that come from memory improvement and exercising the mind. Brad shows people how to supercharge their memories to improve cyber security, sales, relationships, productivity, and peace of mind.

He has taught tens of thousands of people how to access the power of their minds, the most incredible computers in the world. He is also a frequent memory sports competitor, and has won two bronze and one silver medal at memory competitions. He also has twice set an American record at world memory championships.

Brad hasnt always had a world-class memory. When he turned 40, he noticed a sharp decline in his memory abilities. Determined to not live with a 'natural' memory decline as he aged, he threw himself into memory improvement and discovered the 'secret' that he now shares with audiences worldwide: memory improvement is possible. It can be easy, and even fun.

At age 48, Brad's memory is sharper than ever. He's living proof that we don't have to struggle to remember secure passwords, feel embarrassed when we forget the names of people we meet, miss appointments, rely on notes for speeches, or forget what our families, friends, and coworkers tell us.

Brad accomplishments include:

• Memorized the names of 117 people in 15 minutes
• Set the American record twice for memorizing digits spoken at one number per second, never read or reviewed (World Memory Championships)
• Memorized 10.5 decks of shuffled playing cards perfectly in order in one hour
• Memorized one deck of shuffled playing cards in 58 seconds
• Memorized 1,250 binary digits (100110101101...) in 30 minutes
• Author of Unlock Your Amazing Memory

He has been featured on The Today Show , Fox News New York , The Dr. Steve Show , The Dr. Joy Show , and in USA Today , The LA Times , and newspapers worldwide.

Brad continues to push the limits of the human mind, exercising his memory daily and inspiring people worldwide.

For more information about Brad's keynote speeches, seminars, coaching, or memory improvement tips, visit www.BradZupp.com or email: Brad@BradZupp.com.

Twitter: @BradZupp https://twitter.com/BradZupp

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FeatsOfMemory

Part 1: The Tools

Why Create Secure Passwords?

Memorable Versus Strong

How secure are your passwords? How well do you remember them? The problem is that our ability to remember passwords is in direct opposition to how strong they should be. When we make strong passwords, we have a hard time remembering them. We tend to write them down or store them somewhere, making them weaker than they should be. On the other hand, we purposefully use weak passwords because they are easy to recall.

Startling Statistics

Weak passwords account for approximately 76% of attacks on corporate networks.

51% of adults in the United States suffered a security incident in 2015.

40% of IT departments store passwords including admin passwords in a document or spreadsheet on a company computer.

Facebook has 600,000+ accounts compromised per day.

How vulnerable are you to hacking?

Test yourself:

1. Do you use completely unique passwords for every website?

2. Are all of your passwords at least 12 characters long?

3. Do your passwords avoid the format of word(s) plus two digits?

4. Do you avoid using the name of your pet or partner plus a number for a password?

5. Have you used any password longer than 24 months?

6. Have you changed your password on Yahoo, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Twitter, Weebly, Target, Home Depot, Tumblr,

Myspace, and others after they have been hit by data breaches?

7. Do you login to your bank or investment accounts online?

8. Do you shop online?

9. Does any website have your credit card information saved?

10. Would you be embarrassed if either a stranger or someone you knew read one of your private emails?

11. Have you ever shared an opinion about someone else via email that would upset them to read it?

12. Would your job be in jeopardy if your work email or business login were compromised?

13. Would it be time-consuming, difficult, costly, frustrating, or annoying to recover a hacked social media or email account?

If you answered no to any of the questions from 1-6, or yes to any of the questions from 7-13, youre vulnerable. You need to learn how to protect yourself immediately. This book is the answer. With some basic knowledge plus a bit of imagination, you will make yourself and your personal data safer on the internet by knowing how to create and remember more secure passwords.

Dont be oblivious to the dangers. According to a report in Business Insider , 90% of all passwords are vulnerable to hacking because users cant remember them.

We use passwords that could easily be guessed by anyone who knows us well, like the name of our pet with a number after it. We think were clever when we replace S with $ or L with a 1, but were shocked shocked! when someone gets into our online backup, email, or bank account. We use easy-to-remember passwords that are so common it would be funny, if it wasnt so sad, like actual passwords from a list compiled from files containing millions of stolen passwords posted online:

12345678

abc123

qwerty

admin

ncc1701

password1

trustno1

What happens when a hacker steals all the passwords and user names for a companys website, as has happened often in the last few years? The hackers take the information and program their computers to hit millions of other computers, using the username and password combination to see who uses the same for multiple websites. Presto theyre now in your other accounts, merely because you struggle to remember passwords.