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, Techinfection, and move your fingers up one row on the keyboard. Techinfection becomes 53dy8hr3589h.
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