7-10digital-safety

Strong passwords

Discover strong passwords and why it matters for your financial safety and decisions.

In this lesson

Strong passwords is part of Online Safety Fundamentals. This preview shows how digital-safety connects to everyday family decisions such as earning, saving, spending choices, goals, approvals, or parent-guided money conversations inside Progress Penguin.

Think about this money choice

You use the same password for everything. One site gets hacked.

How it works

12+ characters, mix of letters/numbers/symbols. Unique per account.

Try a real-life example

Real-life: Ngozi uses "password123" for her OPay, email, and Instagram. Her Instagram is hacked. Within hours, her OPay is drained. One weak password cost her access to three accounts.

Activity preview

Try the challenge

Use what you learned to complete this short challenge.

Quiz preview

A strong password should be:

Same everywhere

Like 'password123'

Your name + birthday

12+ characters, mixed types

Your current password is 'Adaeze2014'. Why is this weak even though it has numbers and capital letters?

It is too long in this situation

It uses your real name and birth year — easily guessable from social media or school records

It should have no numbers given the circumstances over the longer term

Passwords must be all lowercase for the typical person