How to Choose a Strong "Password"

Posted by Blogger at 15:55

When choosing a password remember these points

Don't use characters that are of personal significance
Mix letters, numbers and symbols, and use case sensitivity. Using this, it is almost impossible to "crack" somebody's password. ( instead of "password," try "pAsS34%(6*2woRd," etc.)
Find a good way to remember. A good way to do this is to choose the first letters of a sentence that you will remember. e.g. "I have 2 dogs called Rover and Fido" gives: Ih2dcRaF
Try to memorize the password, and avoid writing it down. Somebody could very easily find the slip of paper that the password is written on.
The longer the better. Don't make a password that's less than 6 characters. Anything less can be cracked from brute force software.
Take the street you grew up on, and your first pet/something hard to guess from your past, put a number sign in between, substitute some letters for numbers, and, voila! A great password. For example: Bill grew up on Ocean Avenue, and his first pet was Rocky. His password would be: 0c3an#r0cky You can add random capitals to make it more secure
Do not use the same password for everything. If someone finds this password, they would have access to everything. At the very least, make at least one password for sensitive things ( online banking etc.) and one for everything else ( email etc.)
Another way is using just numbers, but with an algorithm. You could take your birthday, for instance. For a random birthday, let's use 23/4/87. 2+3+4+8+7=24. 2+4=6. And so your password is simple. now, take 6 and.... 2x2x2=8 4x2x2=16. 1+6=7. 7x7=49. 49x49=2401. This way, you have a password,(2401) and a way to crack it if you forget it!
One other way is to use a word, for example, DeifyTech, and move your fingers up one row on the keyboard. Deifytech becomes e38r653dy.