This is probably one of the hardest parts of online computering. What do you guys think?
Do you change passswords every months as convention wisdom reccommends?
How do you choose a good password?
What is a good strong password?
Do you have dozens of different one?
One the banks site (I am assuming that Banks have some good advice on the matter!!) a good password is one that contains a mixture of numbers, letters (also Caps) and symbols. Should be a minimum of 8 characters. Right..so it must be complicated to make it secure but simple enough to remember - hmmmm..no easy feat IMHO.
This is what I do
Think of a date that is important to you say for example the date you got your first kiss/**** . The format can be 19508 or 19.05.08 or 19/5/08
Then add to that the lucky lady's initials/name : Rose Mary Marlo (apologies to any Rose Mary Marlo out there but this is a work of fiction)
So you combine the two and get 19.05.08mjs You can then play with that combination and add symbols or caps to make it even harder to break (and remember)
19*05/08MjS or 19-05+08mJS etc.
Another way I have used is to remember a well known song or expression, book title, film. Say for example "Life is like a bowl of Cherries" Take the first letters and it looks like -LILABOC, then you can change the letters for numbers L1L4B0C, stick a couple of symbols in and there you go.
Anyone else got any ideas?
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