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Are Strong Passwords Always Necessary?
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Strong passwords are always necessary.
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There are websites that automatically generate long passwords, helping users to find a strong one.
Users could use a sentence as their password and type it out.
Strong passwords help protect data against hackers.
A
password manager
supports the idea of long and secure passwords.
A more secure solution than strong passwords is multi-factor authentication.
People are likely to forget their passwords.
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