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Q.Suppose someone's email password is 'technology', which is weak. Can you suggest a stronger password?

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A strong password mixes uppercase, lowercase, digits, and special characters while avoiding dictionary words — transform 'technology' into something like T3chn0!0gy@2024.

Why 'technology' is weak

The password technology fails every modern security test. It is a common English dictionary word, which means automated cracking tools will find it in seconds using a dictionary attack. It contains only lowercase letters — no variation in character type — and at ten characters it sits right at the minimum length many systems enforce, offering no safety margin. An attacker running a brute-force tool with a wordlist will crack this password almost instantly.

What makes a password strong

A strong password has four properties:

  1. Length: at least 12–16 characters. Every additional character exponentially increases the search space an attacker must explore. …

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