🔐 Worksheet: Strong passwords

1. Mark ✅ or ❌

1. Create a different password for every account.
2. Don't reuse the same password on several websites.
3. Don't use your name, your birthday, or your pet's or team's name.
4. Give your email the strongest password – and make sure it's unique.
5. Don't tell your password to your friends – not even your best friends.
6. Use passphrases of 4–5 random words, or passwords of at least 12–16 characters.
7. Don't use 123456, qwerty, password or any variation of them.
8. Use a password manager, or passkeys when they're offered.

2. Choose the correct answer

1. Which of these passwords is the strongest?

   • A) Arta2012
   • B) P@ssw0rd!
   • C) flower-lorry-moon-chocolate
   • D) qwerty123

2. Why shouldn't you use the same password on lots of websites?

   • A) Because websites don't allow it
   • B) Because if it leaks from one website, attackers will try it everywhere
   • C) Because the password will expire sooner
   • D) There's no problem at all

3. Someone who says they're from the game staff asks for your password. What do you do?

   • A) I give it to them, because they're staff
   • B) I only give them half of it
   • C) I don't give it to them and I report them
   • D) I ask them to give me theirs first

3. Think and write

1. Write three things that make a password weak.

2. Put these in order from weakest to strongest and explain why: “kitty123”, “K1tty!”, “Kitty-Moon-Chocolate-Train”.

3. Create a practice passphrase of 4 words and write the story that helps you remember it.

4. Why shouldn't you use the same password for two different accounts?

5. Who can you tell your password to, and who not? Write two lists.

6. What would you do if someone else got into your account?

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