Journal #1 Digital Security

For this assignment, we used a website that taught us about Digital Security and Digital Citizenship. On this website, we were showed a list of the worst passwords to choose because they are very easy to guess and someone can take your information on whatever social media account that that password is associated with! I found the list very interesting because if I ever wanted to gain access to someone's social media account or even their entire computer system, I would try some of these passwords. The most interesting worst password to me was "monkey" because I honestly don't think I would ever think of that. The only part of this assignment that I found a little bit difficult was the concept of Digital Citizenship, but even then it still made enough sense to understand it fairly easily! After learning about how many horrible passwords are out there, I began to think about the passwords that I have assigned to some of my social media accounts, but after looking at the common themes of the bad passwords, I worried a lot less. I believe that my passwords are very secure at the moment, and I tend to use the same password for just about everything. I haven't had any issues with it so far!

I think that the most important thing to remember when considering passwords and digital security are the major consequences that will occur if someone actually gains access to your computer, phone, or social media account. A ton of your personal information can be retrieved in a matter of seconds! Imagine if someone found out the password for your email account that you used to sign up with on your social media accounts. They could change the password to your email and change all your social media passwords as well! The consequences are very serious and should definitely be considered when deciding on a password and thinking about your digital security.