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Take a read through the following article and its follow-up. I think it has some great points about user passwords. I have already been recommending pass-phrases as a good option for sometime now. One thing that I would like to add to this author’s thoughts is to make sure you use different passwords for every website, computer, phone, etc. This is to secure against key-loggers or a hacked database giving up your password. To help memorize these unique passwords you can combine a word or phrase that reminds you of the specific website, device, etc. with a core pass phrase. For instance:
Computer pass-phase: The-King-of-ROFL-rules-his-tech
Facebook pass-phrase: The-King-of-ROFL-rules-his-friends
Just try not to make it something easily guessed if one is discovered… maybe add a random number?
http://www.baekdal.com/tips/password-security-usability
http://www.baekdal.com/tips/the-usability-of-passwords-faq
Let me know your thoughts on this.
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For those of us who can’t remember many passwords try out a password generator and manager like Keepass. The best part is it is portable, so you can put it on a usb drive. My favorite trick is to put it in Dropbox, so I have access to it on all my devices. Did I mention both these are free?
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