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Posted by David Schmader on Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:43 AM
So, the time has come for me to change all my internet passwords, which really just means changing my one internet password.
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None of the above. Go to strongpasswordgenerator.com. Select "100" in the drop down menu and ensure the checkbox is selected. Use of those for every single service you use, that is completely unique. Don't write them down. Memorize them.
Example password:
Remember it as:
It's not that hard and is a perfectly reasonable lifestyle choice.
Example password:
X[9G^ew/bEAeo(@=,$)@kM2qO/Ocg>Ry*E}E=hy8LD:m$Sz/_)e)MYW2?2]B!|Z|MHbq,2pjTn8,^OHyBgHSBV!)PI6@VQR!,.c3
Remember it as:
X-RAY [ 9 GOLF ^ echo whiskey / bravo ECHO ALPHA echo oscar ( @ = , $ ) @ kilo MIKE 2 quebec OSCAR / OSCAR charlie golf > ROMEO yankee * ECHO } ECHO = hotel yankee 8 LIMA DELTA : mike $ SIERRA zulu / _ ) echo ) MIKE YANKEE WHISKEY 2 ? 2 ] BRAVO ! | ZULU | MIKE HOTEL bravo quebec , 2 papa juliet TANGO november 8 , ^ OSCAR HOTEL yankee BRAVO golf HOTEL SIERRA BRAVO VICTOR ! ) PAPA INDIA 6 @ VICTOR QUEBEC ROMEO ! , . charlie 3
It's not that hard and is a perfectly reasonable lifestyle choice.
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Out of those, passwOrdfucky0uXXX is *probably* strongest. It's fairly long, and has both a capitol letter and number in the middle.
On the other hand, all of your passwords are made up only of dictionary words, occasionally with letters replaced by the obvious number equivalent, and they're in incredibly common combinations. ("fuckyou")
@3's CorrectHorseBatteryStaple is probably a stronger method for creating a memorable password.
On the other hand, all of your passwords are made up only of dictionary words, occasionally with letters replaced by the obvious number equivalent, and they're in incredibly common combinations. ("fuckyou")
@3's CorrectHorseBatteryStaple is probably a stronger method for creating a memorable password.
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I recommend a multiple-tier setup. One easily memorizable one for junk accounts that you don't care if anyone hacks into. One or two slightly more secure for email and accounts where you enter any credit card info. Then something secure for financial sites. Have them all build on each other to make them easier to remember.
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Yesterday, I went to Renton IKEA and they were playing ABBA in the store.
Then when I left, they were playing A-ha on the radio.
Ya sure.
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Then when I left, they were playing A-ha on the radio.
Ya sure.
http://inside.org.au/wp-content/uploads/…
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Pick one password for email, a different password for Farcebook, and a different one for your bank account's online access, another different one for PayPal, and then one final common password for all your non-critical website commentard logins. You can vary this last password with simple number groups that you can change on a whim, which aren't hard to remember.
Pick a 'theme'... like Forests: use words within that theme for easy to remember password groups: TreeCanopyIs1TallThing, ILove10Leaves, ItIsAGoodShrubbery1!1, etc. (xkcd per @3 does give decent advice, but most password regimes require a number as well, so find a way to incorporate numbers. Try perhaps two-three numbers at the beginning or end of your password: 99TreeBarkWorseBite12 ).
Basically, use conceptual groupings to create passwords and parts of passwords, instead of some weird thing for each password.
Write your passwords down on a piece of paper, and keep that paper in a safe place at home (locked firebox?). Think of your loved ones and the access they will need if you die by accident. If you must keep a password written down in your wallet (until you memorize it), make sure to not keep it with the login name it is used with, because, duh.
Pick a 'theme'... like Forests: use words within that theme for easy to remember password groups: TreeCanopyIs1TallThing, ILove10Leaves, ItIsAGoodShrubbery1!1, etc. (xkcd per @3 does give decent advice, but most password regimes require a number as well, so find a way to incorporate numbers. Try perhaps two-three numbers at the beginning or end of your password: 99TreeBarkWorseBite12 ).
Basically, use conceptual groupings to create passwords and parts of passwords, instead of some weird thing for each password.
Write your passwords down on a piece of paper, and keep that paper in a safe place at home (locked firebox?). Think of your loved ones and the access they will need if you die by accident. If you must keep a password written down in your wallet (until you memorize it), make sure to not keep it with the login name it is used with, because, duh.
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"pickleshas2daddys" or the name of that wireless network you found when you and jake lived in south park: "freegayporn".
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The only way I can deal with changing and remembering passwords is to create a sentence I can remember that contains numbers or words that have number hetero-graphs - like for, four, fore=4 or to, too, two=2 - and some punctuation keeping capitalization intact (e.g., Mary has six toes that are black and three fingers that are from Nigeria for sale! becomes Mh6ttaba3ftafN4s!).
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