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a word or phrase that must be spoken by a person in order to pass a guard
the password for the all-night rave will be changed next week
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Other functions include compressing PDF files to reduce file size, encrypting documents with password protection, and adding or removing watermarks.
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Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 21 May 2025
Use unique passwords that are hard to guess and let a password manager do the heavy lifting by generating secure ones for you.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2025
Smerling allegedly concealed his scheme by changing the mailing address on victims’ bank statements to his home address, and refusing to share the online banking password for the victims’ accounts.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 20 May 2025
Cybersecurity training is critical and must outline the dangers of social engineering techniques that take advantage of our human condition (e.g., phishing, smishing and vishing), alongside the importance of password hygiene.
—Al Kingsley Mbe, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 21 May 2025
Use unique passwords that are hard to guess and let a password manager do the heavy lifting by generating secure ones for you.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2025
Smerling allegedly concealed his scheme by changing the mailing address on victims’ bank statements to his home address, and refusing to share the online banking password for the victims’ accounts.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 20 May 2025
Cybersecurity training is critical and must outline the dangers of social engineering techniques that take advantage of our human condition (e.g., phishing, smishing and vishing), alongside the importance of password hygiene.
—Al Kingsley Mbe, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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Letters are limited to less than 250 words and must be signed (no pseudonyms nor initials).You must include your email address, address with city and daytime phone number for verification.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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Proof that actions speak louder than words: last week, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez took Inter Miami’s squad to task over a streak of bad results.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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“Password.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/password. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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