New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) With Yahoo announcing a massive data breach last week where 500 million of its user accounts were compromised in 2014, experts feel that the trick to avoid email account hacking is to use really long random string for a password. "Humans in general are really bad password generators. "So, you, as a customer, cannot affect what kind of password storage the service providers are using," he says, adding, "But you can still frustrate all but the most advanced attacker's efforts by using long enough random passwords. "Jarno recommended "some form of password storage" like F-Secure KEY which you can use on one device for free.Many password lockers like KEY will help you generate extra long passwords, too. "Also it might be a good idea to use a unique user name per service, and maybe unique email for critical services," Jarno said.The unique user name will give you added privacy as you cannot be tracked easily across services.--IANSna/ask/dg

Source: Economic Times September 25, 2016 12:22 UTC