How to create a safe password
Posted by Steinn Ingi Þorsteinsson on 18/07/2012 00:28
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The average computer user regularly faces the challenge of creating a safe password that is also easy to remember. A safe password is a key factor in computer security because if your password is not safe, your antivirus, firewall and other safety measures will be significantly less effective. Here are a few guidelines that users can follow to create and maintain a good password.
There are certain techniques to make a strong and safe password. Consider using your favorite song or quote from literature to help you. For example, take the first letters from the famous Beatles song: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. That would be splhcb. Change some of the letters into numbers or signs and rotate between upper and lower case. Changing s=$, h=4 and b=8 would create the password $pL4c8. Let's say you are using this password for Amazon. Adding amz to the end of the password would generate $pL4c8amz. Voilà! You have a strong password, unique for this site, which is difficult to crack but easy for you to remember. In three months time, find a new Beatles song and change your passwords. In conclusion, cracking and stealing passwords is widespread. Automated tools are used to crack passwords and user names, and phishing attempts are used to trick users into giving up their passwords. Follow these guidelines and stay safe on the internet. | |
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