Cyber Class 5 Cybersecurity Basics

Asked by AKSHAY GURU VARADHARAJAN · SRI CHAITANYA TECHNO SCHOOL, JAYANTI NAGAR.

You created a great password: I-Love-Pizza-2024!. Why is this much STRONGER than the password pizza?

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A Because long passwords with symbols and numbers are harder for hacker computers to guess.
B Because the computer knows that pizza is delicious.
C Because short passwords make the internet run slower.
D Because capital letters make the screen brighter.

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Answer: A. Because long passwords with symbols and numbers are harder for hacker computers to guess.

Explanation: A Strong Password is like a complex puzzle. Simple words like pizza can be guessed by hacker programs in less than a second. Adding length, symbols (!), and numbers makes the puzzle much harder to solve.

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