Online Accounts

On-line Accounts

What We'll Learn

1. Why do we need online accounts
2. How to use accounts safely
3. Managing passwords

Internet Accounts

1. View some of the products Google has to offer
2. Learn more about the benefits of a Microsoft account

If you don't already have a Google account, you can use this tutorial to help you set one up.

Passwords: No Need to Remember

One of the challenges that come with online accounts is trying to remember your passwords. Sometimes people use the same password for all their accounts, but that poses a significant security risk since someone would just have to crack one account to have access to all accounts.

Here's a few things to remember about password security:

- Use strong passwords that are not easy to crack or for someone else to guess
- Use unique passwords, especially for email and banking
- Use effective password recovery questions and contact information
- Use a password safe

What Is a Password Safe?

A password safe is a secure storage facility for all your passwords. All you need to do is remember a single password to access your safe, and the safe will remember everything else. A great example of an easy to use, popular password safe is PasswordBox.

You can learn more about it from their website: PasswordBox.com

- Finding Interesting Stuff

Exercise - Exploring Accounts

Large companies like Google produces a line of products. Having an account with Google or Microsoft gives you access to multiple products using the same login and password.

When you put your money into the bank, you set up an account so that the bank can clearly track and identify what belongs to you. Your account allows you to easily identify yourself to the bank so you can access information about your money or withdraw and deposit more funds.

In the same way, Internet Service Accounts identify who you are so that you can store information and preferences that are available to you every time you use that service. For example, your email address and password are used to access all of your email and to use the post office services that send and receive email to your computer or device.