Got Cancer as password? Astrology fans, don’t use horoscope for this! Check these astro tips

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Are you an astrology lover who never misses out on checking astrology predictions online? That’s great, but we hope you do not bring your enthusiasm for astrology into the digital security space. Checking your horoscope star sign to see what your next week will look like is one thing but to use it as your password for online accounts can be a very risky affair. So, don’t keep your password Cancer, Gemini, Scorpio, Aries or Capricorn. While Zodiac signs are very easy to remember, do know that a hacker can also very easily guess and break into your account to steal your data and even your money! So, here is our astrology tip of the day for you - make your password strong and unique to protect from hackers and scammers. And if you don’t know how to do it, that’s okay. We have shared some tips to make your passwords strong and unique based on a report by Dojo tech. Follow our astro tips to avoid getting hacked.

There are certain passwords you should never keep. Names, date of birth, pet names, zodiac signs or star signs and number sequences like 1234 are an absolute no when it comes to protecting the safety of your accounts. A recent report analyzed UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) data “on over 100,000 breached passwords” to categorize the most vulnerable passwords that a person can create. And they highlighted that an easy password is not necessarily the best password. Check out the worst passwords in terms of security that you can keep.

From Cancer to ‘iloveyou’ to cheeseburger, the list of weak passwords are endless. However, there are some passwords which are weaker than others. Yes, even worse than horoscope based passwords! In fact, these passwords are so bad that they made it to Dojo’s top 5 most commonly