TechHive: Smart (and easy) resolutions for a happy, high-tech 2014

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thumbnail Smart (and easy) resolutions for a happy, high-tech 2014
Jan 3rd 2014, 11:00, by Susie Ochs

Even if you don't do New Year's resolutions, flipping the calendar to a fresh year is a great time to take stock of your tech habits and brush them up as needed. Unlike resolutions you have to keep all year, like working out every day, most of these technology pledges are set-it-and-forget-it. We know you're a super-smart person and you're probably doing all this stuff already, but it never hurts to double-check.

Be more secure

We all hate passwords. But we need them, at least for now. So use a good password manager—1Password is the gold standard, and the also-excellent LastPass has a free tier that should be all you need.

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Not strong enough.

If you really don't want to use a password manager, then at the very least resolve to use the password-reset feature on every website you visit in January to replace your old-standby password with something a little more secure. And be sure to secure your smartphone too, lest it ever falls into the wrong hands.

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