Regularly changing your Facebook password and enabling two-factor authentication will help make your account more secure and reduce the risk of it falling into the wrong hands. In this article, let’s find out how to change your Facebook password on both your computer and phone, as well as how to enable two-factor authentication for Facebook.
How to create a strong Facebook password?
Before changing your Facebook password, you should come up with a password that is strong enough to enhance security. A strong password is complex, hard to guess, and not commonly used. Based on a study by Hive Systems – a cybersecurity company, a password with 4-11 characters consisting only of numbers can be cracked instantly. With lowercase letters, a password less than 8 characters can also be cracked instantly, and a password with 9 characters will be found within 10 seconds.
Even if you combine uppercase and lowercase letters, special characters, and numbers, a 4-6 character password is still not secure. A 10-character password including uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters will take 5 months to crack. However, just by increasing the password length by one character, the cracking time will take 34 years, enough to protect your account. Therefore, you should choose a password with a length of 10 characters or more, ideally over 11 characters, including uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. In addition, the password should also:
- Not use the same password for multiple accounts, especially important accounts such as Facebook, email, Apple ID, and banking accounts…
- Not use meaningful passwords such as phone numbers, dates of birth, addresses…
- Avoid using personal names as they are easier to guess than random characters.
- Avoid using common passwords.
- Most importantly, the password should be easy for you to remember but difficult for others to guess.
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