Month: July 2021

EURO 2020: Spain and Italy into the Semis

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Spain and Italy book their place in the semifinals after defeats of Switzerland and Belgium respectively.

Spain scored first in their game against Switzerland by a deflected shot into the net. It was an own goal scored in the 8th minute. Denis Zakaria was the culprit. Spain had chances to have gone further ahead but the Switzs defended well. After much pressure in the second half Switzerland equalized through Xherdan Shaqiri in the 68th minute. The goal was aided by a Spanish defensive error. However Spain scaled through with a 3-1 win in the penalty shootout.

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Belgium, the topped ranked team fell short again as they lost 1-2 to Italy. Belgium wasted chances but the Italians were cinical. All goals were scored in the first half, Italy got their goals in the 31st and 44th minutes through Nicolo Barella and Lorenzo Insigne respectively. But Belgium pulled one back before half time through a well taking penalty by Romelu Lukaku.

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Spain and Italy will face each other in the semifinal at Wembley on july 6th.

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Password Ethics

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About Passwords

Almost every software application and technological device will require a password to control access. This means that the number of passwords you need to remember, grows. Moreover there is always the tendency to use the same password for devices or applications. This habit should be avoided as it poses a serious security risk. Even if you have 20 passwords they must all be unique. So how should you handle your passwords, checkout the sub topic passwords ethics below;

Password Ethics

  1. Keep all your passwords unique; yes, if you have 20 devices/apps. that require passwords, they must all be different. 
  2. The passwords should not be easy to guess; ensure that your passwords are not patterned such that it makes them easy to decode.
  3. Avoid short passwords;The longer, the better.
  4. Make strong passwords by using a combination of symbols, numbers, lower and uppercase letters.
  5. Keep your passwords in a safe place. You can write them down and store them in a place only known to you. You can even store them in your computer, just don’t make it obvious. Better still, you can use a password manager