Protecting Your Account on Club Penguin

Keeping your account safe is something all Club Penguin users want to do. However, if you don’t know how to keep your account safe, it might not be safe without you even knowing. Following these simple guidelines can help it stay safe and un-hacked.

The golden rule: #1:

The best way to keep your account safe is never to give out your password. Ever. Sure, there are “password boxes” on blogs to put your account info if you don’t want it anymore. But keep in mind that the blog owner will most likely approve all comments of this nature and that once it’s approved, the whole world can see it and therefore do whatever they want to your account (which usually includes getting permanently banned). Also, it is always a pain to see people posting (on blogs mostly) and saying, ‘email me your pass at [personal email address] and ill hack you 109359235 coins’. These are very common scams, so don’t fall for them!

** Exception: If a respectable blog (like Paintboy100, Watex, etc.) hosts a contest that includes a prize like 1,000 coins and all the items in the catalog, or free membership for a month, you should first check to make sure that the blog is well-known before giving your password. You should then change it (see below) to prevent any… complications.

Rule #2:

The next best way to keep your account safe is to make sure you or your parent still has access to the address you used to activate your account. The reason for this is to make sure you can change your password. For example, if someone hacks you, you will probably notice something’s amiss, but can’t do anything about the strange goings-on because you can’t change the password. Also, since the hacker probably doesn’t know what email address you used to activate your account, he/she won’t be able to change the password or that email address.

(In response to some questions raised, you cannot change the password of your account if you do not know the email address you used to activate it. How would the system know whether the attempt is genuine or if it’s just a hacker?)

Rule #3:

The next best way is to set a good password. What actually defines a good password? A very good password can not be guessed by anyone. A password relating to your username is an example of a bad password. This is probably very common, so make sure it doesn’t happen to you. For example, if your username were “Paintboy100″, some very bad passwords would be “paint”,”paints”,”artist”,”ilikepainting”, etc. Good passwords should have something that only you might know. Your birthday/birth year (unless it’s in your username), full/last name, or something you like/like to do make good passwords. If your username were “Oh Em Gee” and your name was Jeff Smith, a good password might be “omgitsjeffsmith” or “omgjeffsmithrox”. The point is that passwords with personal details generally work much better than easy-to-guess ones.

Good luck keeping your account in Club Penguin safe!