Many of you may be the person in your family or group of friends that people turn to for technical advice. You notice a friend type in a password for their email, and it is a very short password - only 5-6 characters. Of course, you immediately warn your friend that their password is woefully insufficient.

You visit this site together, and show them just how bad their password security really is! https://www.security.org/how-secure-is-my-password/Links to an external site.

• Using the site above, how quickly can your friend's weak password be broken?
• What are your recommended password guidelines that you share with your friend?
• You also notice your friend declining software updates. What do you mention about that?
• What other pieces of advise that you give to your friend to help them remain secure online?