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Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets
1.5 Check out the @twitter account for the latest updates on the Twitter service.
Changing Your Twitter Password
When you forged your new Twitter account, you had to specify an account password, and Twitter
is security-minded enough to rate your password on the fly: Too obvious, Weak, Good, Strong, or
Very Strong. If you settled for a Weak or even just a Good rating, you might be having second
thoughts and feel you’d sleep better at night with a Strong or even a Very Strong password.
Conversely, you might be wondering what’s the big whoop about a Twitter password? After all, it’s
just your Twitter account. It’s not like you’re exposing your finances or national security secrets to
the world (I’m assuming here you’re not the Secretary of State). True enough, but it’s also true that
Twitter accounts have been hacked in the past, with the accounts of Britney Spears and a Twitter
staffer (who was using the password “happiness,” which is about as weak as they come) being the
most notorious. If you’re using your real name with your Twitter account, then you definitely don’t
want some malicious hacker having his way with this part of your online identity.
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