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Nearly all of the computer historians contacted by Wired in the past few weeks said that the first password must have come from MIT's Compatible Time-Sharing System. In geek circles, it's famous.

The modern computer password was introduced to computer science and the wider world in 1960 by Fernando Corbató. We look at its history and impact.

The No. 1 password rule, though, is to use a unique password for each of your log-ins. Brandon Gregg, the senior global investigations manager at Seagate Technology, explains: "A unique password ...

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Need a stronger password? Experts say to use emojis. On a computer, it turns out that emoticons are considered a symbol, which can beef up your passwords and make them more secure in combination ...

Patricia Loring, a research associate at Carnegie Mellon University, presses tiny blue dots on my fingers and the back of my hand. She tells me to adjust the keyboard as she maneuvers three webcams.