Password Protection

Getting your password hacked is a pain. And it could end up being very expensive. Teach teens with special needs how to protect their passwords with this lesson from Financial Literacy by Daily Living Skills.

Beginning the Lesson

1. The Problem. Between 800,000 and 1 million people get their password hacked every day. Bad actors launch over 50 million attempts to hack accounts every day. And approximately 38% of us get hacked in our lifetimes—mostly the 65% of us who use the same password over and over.

2. What Can We Do? Make it harder for bad actors to get in by:

   1. Never repeating passwords—use them for only 1 account

   2. Make them at least 10 characters long

   3. Don’t use real words, birthdates, phone numbers or addresses

   4. Start by using a phrase and then alter it with symbols and numbers

3. Password Safety. Use these rules to make at least 5 passwords on the provided form. Remember, never share a password with your friends or leave it so the public can see. Never write it on the card it is for.

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And, while the lessons in this blog can stand alone, they work best when paired with the Financial Literacy course from Susan Traugh’s Transition 2 Life curriculum. This one-semester course is offered in both a special education edition and a companion text for general education students. Find it here!