When you select a password, you might choose to store it in a password manager, write it down, or commit it to memory (see “How to remember passwords” for some advice). Sometimes, however, things go ...

When security questions and password hints are required for your accounts, you might not be filling them out wisely. To best protect your account security, you shouldn’t be truthful in these fields.

I just love how many Web sites take my complex, hard-to-guess password and make it as easy to crack as guessing my favorite color or the city of my birth. It seems nearly every Web site comes with ...

It's gone way beyond your mother's maiden name. If you have forgotten your password for an online account lately, you have seen the hint questions Web sites are now asking before they let you reset it ...

An Apple ID is required to purchase media from the iTunes Store. Since debit cards, credit cards and bank accounts are often linked directly to an Apple ID account ...