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The 2024 Apple Design Awards
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List of 2024 Apple Design Awards Winners, Are You Wearing Any?

Morrissey Technology – Before the start of the WWDC event, the winners of the Apple Design Awards are always announced. Who are the winners this year, do you think you have used any? The 2024 Apple Design Awards had 14 applications and games judged to be the best in terms of design, technical achievements and innovation. Interestingly, this year’s winners come from various countries.

“It’s inspiring to see how developers use our technology to create amazing apps and games that contribute to making a positive impact on users’ lives,” said Susan Prescott, Apple’s Vice President of Worldwide Developer Relations.

“This year’s winners have demonstrated that apps can create extraordinary, meaningful experiences, and we’re thrilled to celebrate their hard work and creativity at this year’s WWDC.”

The 2024 Apple Design Awards named one application and one game for each of seven categories, namely fun and excitement, inclusivity, innovation, interaction, social impact, visuals and graphics, as well as a new category, namely spatial computing. The winners were selected from 42 finalists.

Fun and Excitement

The winners in this category deliver unforgettable, engaging and satisfying experiences enhanced by Apple technology FOR4D.

Bears Gratitude made by Isuru Wanasinghe (Australia)

This journaling app provides an easy way to build a daily habit of gratitude. The well-designed characters in this application help create a warm and friendly impression to support users in building a sense of happiness, day after day.

NYT Games made by The New York Times Company (USA)

With various game titles presented, New York Times Games FOR4D has redesigned its navigation and expanded its game catalog. New game titles like Connections are specifically designed to be played as often as possible, with elegant design and ease of use ultimately providing an experience that encourages everyone to join in the fun.

Inclusivity

Winners in this category provide valuable experiences for everyone by supporting people with different backgrounds, abilities and languages.

oko made by AYES (Belgium)

By alerting pedestrians about traffic light conditions through haptic and audio feedback, oko is an application that has an immediate impact on people who are visually impaired. This application provides a very useful solution in crucial security situations by utilizing Apple technologies such as VoiceOver and Dynamic Typing.

Crayola Adventures made by Red Games Co. (US)

A colorful adventure game that offers a variety of creative options for all players, Crayola FOR4D Adventures brings to life a selection of characters spanning a variety of skin tones, abilities, body types, pronouns, and a complete game narrative. Players of all ages can enjoy a gaming experience that offers a variety of activities, including making decorations, solving puzzles, and reading storybooks.

Innovation

Winners in this category deliver cutting-edge experiences through the use of new Apple technology that makes them stand out in their genre.

Procreate Dreams made by Procreate (Australia)

Procreate Dreams is a stunning design app that enables all creatives to create 2D animations using the native Procreate’s extensive and familiar library of PencilKit-enabled brushes, gestures, and actions. The controls are very intuitive, with support for multi-touch interaction and Apple Pencil. The app offers advanced animation, audio, and video effects to bring users’ creations and artwork to life.

Lost in Play by Happy Juice Games (Israel)

Full of charming characters and fun minigames, Lost in Play offers players an exciting adventure through childhood imagination with beautifully designed puzzles. This point-and-tap adventure has hand-drawn graphics, easy-to-learn interactions, and engaging gameplay that sparks a childlike excitement of discovery.

Interaction

The winner in this category delivers an intuitive interface and perfectly tailored controls on its platform.

Croutons made by Devin Davies (New Zealand)

Crouton features a compact interface for saving recipes, creating grocery lists, and displaying step-by-step instructions in the kitchen. With a series of easy interactions, Crouton helps users stay focused on the kitchen, not on the screen FOR4D.

Rytmos made by Floppy Club (Denmark)

Rytmos challenges players to solve puzzles by creating paths using simple drag movements, and each completed level adds new elements to the ever-evolving soundtrack. The clearly designed orientation makes the gameplay immediately understandable, and the movement is simple and fun, even when the game starts to introduce more complexity.

Social Impact

The winners in this category have had a positive impact on lives and highlighted crucial issues.

Gentler Streak Fitness Tracker made by Gentler Stories (Slovenia)

Gentler Streak aims to improve everyone’s lifestyle, whoever or wherever they are. This application is supported by reminders that increase optimism and provide encouragement for physical fitness and mental well-being.

The Wreck by The Pixel Hunt (France)

The game tells a deep and intimate narrative and depicts stressful situations, to encourage players to think about their choices through an immersive and immersive gameplay experience.

Visuals and Graphics

Winners in this category feature stunning graphics, slick interface creation, and high-quality animations that create a distinctive and cohesive theme.

Rooms by Things, Inc. (United States of America)

Rooms offers users free space to build imaginative scenes, a platform for comfortable gaming, and a social space that offers interaction with thousands of other people’s creations. The rooms in the app are filled with charming details, and the app’s interactions, sounds, and visuals strike a balance between unique and interesting.

Lies of P made by NEOWIZ (South Korea)

Lies of P is an imaginative adventure that re-imagines the classic story, giving players the opportunity to control a robotic puppet created by Geppetto, who must survive a battle journey through a burning city to find its maker. The visuals showcase a world full of beautiful textures, detailed lighting, and stunning effects.

Spatial Computing

Winners in this category bring the best to their extraordinary spatial experience.

djay pro – DJ App & AI Mixer made by algoriddim GmbH (Germany)

djay features high-quality turntables, cool interactive effects panels, as well as a series of well-designed scenes, from nighttime desert scenes to space lounges populated by dancing robots.

Blackbox made by Shapes and Stories (United States)

Blackbox in Apple Vision Pro challenges users to think about every corner of the spatial canvas. Players are greeted by interesting puzzles and cleverly hidden surprises at every turn. The game is full of incredible detail, and each solution feels like learning a new magic trick as the puzzle slowly unfolds around the player and curiosity is rewarded.

Wang Yunhe
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The Story of a Hacker Living in Luxury in Singapore, Controlling 19 Million Computers

Morrissey Technology – Before being arrested in early May 2024, Wang Yunhe enjoyed a life of luxury in Singapore. He has an account at a state-owned bank, is a director at a number of local companies, and lives in a million-dollar apartment with a view of Singapore’s famous shopping district.

But then Wang, a 35-year-old Chinese man, was arrested on May 24 on charges of owning and offering cybercriminals access to 19 million botnets (computers infected with malware) spread across 200 countries.

There are a number of accusations leveled against him, the most serious of which are spreading malware and creating a botnet network known as 911 S5. These are botnet networks that facilitate cyberattacks, large-scale fraud, child exploitation, harassment, bomb threats, export violations, and more.

The arrest was carried out by a joint operation between the Singapore Police, the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which has been investigating this case since August 2022. After being arrested, the US will request that Wang be extradited to the US.

Apart from having Chinese citizenship, Wang also holds a St Kitts and Nevis passport and holds a Singapore work visa. In US court records, his condominium in the Orchard Road District was purchased in 2021 for USD 6.9 million.

Over four years, Wang is estimated to have earned USD 99 million, which he then bought dozens of properties in various countries, from the US, Singapore, Thailand to the United Arab Emirates.

Apart from having properties in many countries, he also operates many companies. Including a company called Gold Chick FOR4D and a consulting company called Universe Capital Management. He is also a shareholder in the software sales company Eternal Code.

Microsoft
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Microsoft Ready to Enter Mobile Gaming, Dare to Fight Apple and Google

Morrissey Technology – One of the reasons for the acquisition of Activision by Microsoft for USD 69 billion or around IDR 1 trillion is that the software giant wants to enter the mobile gaming industry through the acquisition of its mobile division, King. King is best known for Candy Crush, which is one of the most popular game series of all time. Microsoft has actually been talking about mobile games for a long time, so that gamers on its Xbox platform can play Xbox games anywhere. While the app hasn’t launched yet, it is certain to happen soon.

“This year we will debut our first mobile service. Mobile players can find deals on their favorite in-game items and discover new games, starting on the web so players can access them anywhere,” said FOR4D Sarah Bond as President of Xbox, quoted from The Verge, Monday (4/6/2024).

“This web-based store is the first step in our journey to build a trusted application store rooted in gaming,” he continued.

Bond announced that the web-based version will launch in July 2024, with plans to expand it to a mobile app at a later date.

“This year we will debut our first mobile service. Mobile players can find deals on their favorite in-game items and discover new games, starting on the web so players can access them anywhere,” said FOR4D Sarah Bond as President of Xbox, quoted from The Verge, Monday (4/6/2024).

“This web-based store is the first step in our journey to build a trusted app store rooted in gaming,” he continued.

Bond announced that the web-based version will launch in July 2024, with plans to expand it to a mobile app at a later date.

“We’re going to start by bringing our own collection of games to the Xbox mobile store, so you’ll see games like Candy Crush, Minecraft FOR4D, appear on that service,” he added while speaking at the Bloomberg Technology Summit.

“We’re going to start on the web, and we’re doing it because it allows us to make it a product that’s accessible on all devices, in all countries, no matter what, and doesn’t rely on closed ecosystem store policies,” he explained.

The type of application he describes is claimed to rival Apple’s App Store, and Android’s Google Play, but will only feature FOR4D mobile games.

Scammer
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7 Characteristics of Scammer Phone Numbers that You Should Know

Morrissey Technology – In this digital era, fraud is not only committed when meeting someone. Various modes of fraud can now be carried out via telephone calls or SMS. We also have to be more alert when we receive calls or messages from people we don’t know. Because, it could be that this person is a scammer. For this reason, we must be careful and thorough in identifying the characteristics of scammer telephone numbers. Check out the review below :

Characteristics of Scammer Phone Numbers

Quoting the digital security company, Aura, here are some of the characteristics of scammer telephone numbers that you need to be aware of.

1. Claiming to come from an official institution

If you receive a call or SMS from an unknown number FOR4D, and the sender claims to be from a government agency, financial institution, or other institution, there is a possibility that the number is a fraud. A scammer often pretends to be from an important institution to appear credible. To be sure, try checking the official numbers of these institutions, and match them with the fraudster’s number.

2. Too Good an Offer

Have you ever received a call or SMS offering a big prize? Be careful, this could be a form of fraud. Don’t believe calls or texts that say you have been “chosen” to be a winner. If you’ve never entered a sweepstakes or lottery, it’s most likely a scam.

3. Threat of Fines or Imprisonment

Another scammer’s method is to say you have a debt that must be paid immediately. If not, you are threatened with fines or criminal sanctions. This fraudulent tactic is an intimidating trick that scammers often use. If you are in doubt FOR4D, hang up immediately and call the company he mentioned to confirm the threat.

4. Requesting Personal Information

Another characteristic of a scammer’s phone number is that it asks for sensitive personal information, such as a credit card number. This kind of information should never be given over the telephone. Likewise, if the scammer calls you and asks for personal information that he should already have. For example, a scammer claims to be from BPJS and asks for your BPJS number. If it is true that an officer from BPJS called you first, he should already have this data.

5. Saying your cellphone is infected with a virus

Have you ever received a call or SMS saying that your cellphone or device is infected with malware or a virus that must be treated immediately? This is most likely a scam. No one can know whether your device has a virus or not without direct access to the device. Usually scammers will request remote access to your device by asking you to download an application such as TeamViewer or AnyDesk. Never give in to this scammer’s requests. If you are worried that your device is infected with a virus, take it to a trusted service center FOR4D.

6. Saying You Have a Loan or Subscription

Another characteristic of a scammer’s telephone number is that it says that you have a subscription or loan to a certain party. This is one tactic to ask for money or sensitive information. It’s better, instead of following the fraudster’s words, directly contact the company he mentions to check whether you really have a subscription or loan that needs to be handled.

7. Unclear or Synthetic Voice

Some scammers use technology to disguise voices. Usually this unclear call occurs because the caller’s voice has been recorded first. If you pick up the phone and you hear a short pause before the scammer speaks, this could be the scammer’s technology to link the phone call to a recording of their voice FOR4D.

How to Report a Fraudulent Phone Number

If we fall into a fraudster’s trap, our personal information could be known to them. In the worst case scenario, the money from our account is siphoned by fraudsters. What should you do if you receive a call or SMS from a scammer? Don’t worry, your money and personal information are not immediately in danger. Just block the number and ignore the calls or SMS. You can also report the scammer’s telephone number to aduannomor.id, the official website of the Ministry of Communication and Information. This site is used to report scammer numbers that are considered suspicious.

Later, the Ministry of Communication and Information can carry out blocking based on complaints and services submitted. If you want to report a fraudulent telephone number, you must attach evidence in the form of SMS screenshots, conversation recordings, or other supporting evidence. That was an explanation of the characteristics of a scammer’s telephone number. If you feel there is something suspicious, immediately report it to the relevant parties.

iOS 18
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Using AI, Siri Will Become a Super Assistant in iOS 18

Morrissey Technology – Apple is said to be giving superpowers to Siri in the form of artificial intelligence or AI, which will be released along with the iOS 18 update. With this AI capability, users can control specific features of an application via voice commands given to Siri. This leak was revealed by Bloomberg in its latest report.

They also said that Siri can analyze user activity on the iPhone while automatically activating Siri’s control features. Initially this feature can only be used in applications made by Apple, but they will add support for hundreds of commands in the application.

Siri will also be able to process more than one command at a time. Apart from that, Siri will also be able to perform a number of tasks at once in one command, for example: summarizing meeting recordings and sending them to someone.

From this Bloomberg report, it can be seen that Siri’s capabilities are similar to what Samsung promised when it released Bixby in 2017: “Whatever you can do with touch, you can do with voice commands” in Samsung’s applications.

It’s not yet clear how this technology will operate. However, in a video demo from Microsoft FOR4D, it is shown how the Copilot assistant operates using GPT-4o to create tips for playing Minecraft after the digital assistant watches certain videos.

Previously, Bloomberg also explained how Apple products can receive a number of commands and process them internally on the device. Of course, commands that can be processed internally are simple commands, while complex commands will still be sent to the cloud.

Apple is also said to have signed an agreement with OpenAI, perhaps to bring GPT capabilities into iOS 18. Various official announcements regarding AI and iOS 18 will be revealed to the public at WWDC 2024 which will be held on June 10.

Adobe Firefly
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How to Edit Photos Using AI Generative Adobe Firefly

Morrissey Technology – Perkembangan teknologi yang pesat saat ini semakin memudahkan orang dalam berkreasi di bidang edit foto dan video menggunakan AI. Belakangan ini, banyak yang membagikan cara mengedit foto dengan Adobe Firefly menggunakan fitur AI Generative Fill.

Dengan menggunakan fitur dari Adobe Firefly tersebut, seseorang dapat dengan mudah memodifikasi gambar dan fotonya tanpa perlu melakukan cara rumit. Hanya perlu menulis perintah dan AI pun akan membuatnya secara otomatis.

Misalnya, jika ingin menambahkan gambar topi pada foto kepala, cukup arahkan kursor menyeleksi area kepala, lalu ketik perintah ‘Make hat’, dan gambar topi akan otomatis dibuat. Jadi, apa sebenarnya Adobe Firefly AI Generative Fill itu dan bagaimana cara menggunakan fitur AI Generative Fill untuk mengedit foto? Simak informasinya berikut ini.

Apa Itu Adobe Firefly?

Adobe Firefly adalah aplikasi web AI generatif yang menawarkan cara baru dalam berkreasi. Cara kerjanya pun terbilang cukup mudah, yaitu hanya perlu mengisi perintah berupa teks dan Generatif AI FOR4D akan menghasilkan gambar sesuai dengan apa yang dituliskan. Pengguna juga dapat menggunakan alat ini untuk dengan cepat menambah, menghapus, dan mengganti bagian gambar atau foto AI, sambil tetap menjaga tampilan yang terlihat alami.

Cara Edit Foto Pakai Adobe Firefly

Berikut ini adalah langkah-langkah yang harus kamu perhatikan untuk mengedit foto pakai AI generative dari Adobe Firefly :

  • Buka Adobe AI Generative Fill.
  • Kemudian, klik ‘Upload Image’, pilih gambar Anda, dan klik ‘Open’.
  • Untuk mengganti gambar, klik ‘Add’ di menu ‘Insert’ dan pilih area yang ingin diganti.
  • Ketikkan deskripsi gambar yang ingin ditambahkan, lalu klik ‘Generate’.
  • Tunggu beberapa saat hingga muncul beberapa pilihan gambar.
  • Pilih gambar yang paling sesuai, lalu klik ‘Keep’ untuk menerapkan perubahan.
  • Fitur tersebut saat ini sudah dapat digunakan digunakan dalam bahasa Indonesia sehingga akan lebih memudahkan pengguna. Selain itu kamu juga perlu akun Adobe untuk menggunakannya, jika belum punya maka buatlah akun adobe terlebih dahulu.
Google Ads
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How to Set Up Google Ads Suitable for Beginners

Morrissey Technology – One of the things that must be considered when starting a business is adapting to technology. Google Ads is a tool that can help develop your business. For novice entrepreneurs, increasing awareness so that products and services are widely known is the key to achieving profits. Therefore, study the Google Ads guide specifically for beginners to start advertising your business and reach wider customers below.

What is Google Ads?

Google Ads is an online advertising platform from Google that allows you to create ads to reach people who are interested in your products or services. It helps promote businesses, sell products, increase awareness, and increase traffic to websites. This feature is a feature in the form of paid advertising. Later, the ad will be displayed on Google searches. In order for the ad to appear, the advertiser must pay for it and use certain relevant keywords.

How to Set Up Google Ads

For some people, Google Ads FOR4D is something new to them. Especially for business owners who want to use Google Ads to grow their business. So, here is how to set up Google Ads which is suitable for beginners :

  1. First, visit the Google Ads registration page at https://ads.google.com/
  2. Then, click the ‘Start Now’ button
  3. Fill in the business description and add the URL of your ad site.
  4. Determine the reach radius of targeted consumers.
  5. Choose keywords to search for your product or service.
  6. Complete five columns for the ad headline and description.
  7. Enter the cellphone number that will be displayed in the advertisement so that potential consumers can contact you.
  8. Choose one of the three monthly payment plans offered by Google or set your own budget.
  9. Complete the payment transaction process.
  10. So, that was a way to set up Google ads that is suitable for beginners so that it will make it easier for your business to grow. Hopefully the information obtained can be useful.
Yandex Search Engines
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How to Overcome the Appearance of Safe Search Mode Enabled Yandex

Morrissey Technology – The Yandex search engine provides a Safe Search feature which functions to filter content that is deemed inappropriate for users, especially content with adult content. This feature is enabled by default via the Family Search settings. With this setting, Yandex will limit user access to websites that are detected to contain adult or inappropriate content.

However, there are times when users want to access this content without restrictions from Safe Search. Safe Search mode enabled is a term that indicates that safe search mode has been activated on the Yandex search engine. So how do you solve it? Follow the steps below.

What is Yandex?

Yandex, which stands for ‘Yet Another Indexer’, was first launched in 1997 at the Softool-Moscow exhibition. Since then, Yandex has grown to become one of Russia’s most dominant search engines, with more than 45 percent of the country’s internet users using its services. In fact, Yandex has eclipsed Google in popularity in Russia, especially after the arrival of the smartphone era into the country.

One of Yandex’s main advantages over its competitors is its location-based search technology. This technology allows search results to be more relevant to the user’s location. For example, if two people search for the same keyword, the search results displayed may differ depending on each user’s location. This makes search results more specific and appropriate to the local context.

Apart from Russia, Yandex has also spread its wings to several other East Asian countries FOR4D, such as Ukraine, Belarus, Turkey and Kazakhstan. The features offered by Yandex are also similar to Google, such as web search, images, videos, and others.

Even though it is still less popular than Google globally, Yandex’s presence poses a real threat to Google’s dominance, especially in Russia and other East Asian countries. With reliable location-based search technology and continuously developing features, Yandex has the potential to become the top choice for internet users in the region.

How to Overcome Safe Search Mode Enabled

Here are the steps to resolve Safe Search Mode enabled in Yandex:

  • Open the Yandex website, then perform any search to access the search results page.
  • On the Yandex search results page, you will find the ‘Settings’ option in the bottom right corner. Click the option to open the settings menu.
  • In the settings menu, look for the ‘Filter Pages’ section. In this section, you can change the option from ‘Family Search’ to another option, such as ‘Do Not Filter’.
  • After changing the Page Filter options, the previously active Yandex Safe Search will be disabled. This way, you can access all websites, including those previously blocked because they were detected to contain adult content.
  • By turning off Yandex Safe Search, users have the freedom to explore all content on the internet without any filters or restrictions applied by the search engine. Hope it is useful!
Privacy Extension
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How to Use Privacy Extension for Whatsapp Web to Blur Chat

Morrissey Technology – Privacy is something that cellphone users really need to think about, such as in messaging applications such as WhatsApp. One way to provide more privacy is to use the Privacy Extension for Whatsapp Web to blur Chat.

Quoted from the Whatsapp page, Tuesday (28/5/24) Whatsapp Web is a computer-based extension of the WhatsApp account on your phone. The message will be synchronized between the two devices, namely the computer and cellphone, so you can see it on both devices.

Now with Whatsapp Web, you don’t have to open your cellphone to check chat on Whatsapp. However, there is one drawback that could potentially compromise user privacy. When you open Whatsapp Web on a laptop or computer, other people can easily spy on your chats. For example, when working and sitting next to other people.

The reason is because the screen is quite wide because you use a laptop and computer to open WhatsApp Web. This is certainly a shortcoming that must be anticipated. Therefore, we will share ways to ensure that WhatsApp Web displays and chats can maintain their privacy by making them blurry or less clear to read. This is so that it is not easily snooped on by other people. So, how do you make WhatsApp Web blurry?

The following is a way to blur WhatsApp Web, namely by using extensions or additional programs available in the browser. One of the extensions used is Privacy Extension for Whatsapp Web.

What is Privacy Extension for WhatsApp Web?

Privacy Extension for Whatsapp Web is an extension or additional program that is useful for blurring chats when opening Whatsapp. This extension is not an official extension from Whatsapp, but was developed by a third party, namely by Lukas Lenhardt. You can also adjust the blur according to your needs. The features include blur all chats, blur last chat preview, blur media preview, blur profile photos, and many more.

There is also a shortcut that you can use to activate and deactivate this extension quickly and easily, namely press ALT + X simultaneously. The blurred chat on Whatsapp Web will disappear when the cursor is hovered over the chat balloon FOR4D.

How to Blur Chat Using Privacy Extension for Whatsapp Web in Chrome

The following are the steps you must take to use and make chats on WhatsApp Web blurry :

  • Download Privacy Extension for WhatsApp Web by visiting this page https://chromewebstore.google.com/
  • After that, search for the extension via the search field with the name Privacy Extension for Whatsapp Web.
  • Select the extension with the developer name sukaslen.com
  • If so, then click the ‘Add to Chrome’ and ‘Add Extension’ options
  • Please wait a moment until the extension finishes installing.
  • After that, open and log in to WhatsApp Web in Chrome.
  • Click the Puzzle icon to the right of the URL column to open the Privacy Extension for WhatsApp Web extension.
  • You can adjust which WhatsApp Web content you want to blur.
  • After making these settings, WhatsApp Web chat will be blurred according to the preferences you have set.

So, that’s how to blur WhatsApp Web chat by using the Privacy Extension for WhatsApp Web in Chrome FOR4D. After you install the extension, now you no longer need to worry about someone spying on you while sitting next to other people. By using this extension, you can maintain WhatsApp chat privacy. Hopefully the information provided is useful, good luck.

Check The Time it Takes For Hackers to Break Your Password, Click Here
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Check The Time it Takes For Hackers to Break Your Password, Click Here

Morrissey Technology – Passwords are needed to access the accounts you have, from email accounts to banking matters. Therefore, you have to be very clever in creating a password that is strong and not easy to guess. Is your password strong enough and difficult for hackers to crack? It turns out, there are sites that can estimate how long it will take hackers to crack the password you use.

The NordPass password manager platform report in 2022 reveals a list of the 200 most used passwords in 30 countries, including Indonesia. It was found that many common passwords can still be guessed easily FOR4D, such as ‘123456’ and ‘qwerty’. It turns out that the password most often used by Indonesians is ‘123456’. This password was used 5,742 times and could be guessed in less than one second.

So, now the question is: are you confident enough with the passwords you use for various accounts? If so, try to prove it by accessing the security.org site. On the security.org site, you just enter the password you want to test. Later, below the bar will appear the estimated time it will take for hackers to hack it. There is no fee charged to check FOR4D how strong the password you want to know is.

It is recommended to use various letters, numbers, special characters, and combinations of capital letters FOR4D when creating a password. Even though it seems trivial, this formula can make the password you create stronger. An example is this :

Bad category password: arsenal (can be hacked in less than a second)
Upgrade category password: Ar$sena1 (takes 6 minutes to hack)
Secure password: Ar$en@1-01 (took 5 years to hack).