{"id":638,"date":"2011-07-07T11:17:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T11:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=638"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:05","slug":"passwords-dont-make-you-invulnerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/passwords-dont-make-you-invulnerable\/","title":{"rendered":"Passwords Don\u2019t Make You Invulnerable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/phone43.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-639\" title=\"phone43\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/phone43.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-639 lazyload\" title=\"phone43\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/phone43.gif\"><\/a>There\u2019s a lot of talk on both sides of the pond regarding the recent hacking scandal in the UK.&nbsp; The News of the World, a major British news publication, is in increasingly hotter waters as more and more revelations are being made about the extent of the publications hacking into people\u2019s cell phones.<br>\nAt first, it was celebrities, and while the general public was a big disgusted, the feeling was, \u201cwell, they are celebrities; they can expect that sort of thing\u201d.&nbsp; But then, it was released that News of the World had been hacking into the cell phone message systems belonging to victims of 7\/7 (the July 7th, 2005 London terrorist bombing attacks) and the family members of high-profile murder and (possibly) kidnap victims.&nbsp; That got people not only talking, but made them furious.<br>\nSince the initial hacking reports were released, cell phone messaging technology has improved, there is and always will be a threat to your message system and while most systems require a password, that does not make it immune to hacking.<br>\nUnfortunately, most people do not take passwords seriously enough; especially when it comes to their cell phone.&nbsp; For instance, using the last four or five digits of your mobile number may make your password easy to remember, but it will also make it easy to hack.<br>\nRemember: almost every online service you have leads back to your email address.&nbsp; It is your skeleton key.&nbsp; Therefore, your email password should be different from anything else and it should be the strongest password you have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a lot of talk on both sides of the pond regarding the recent hacking scandal in the UK.  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