If you're like me, your passwords are (were) really easy to crack. After I received an email from yet another company telling me their customer data was compromised, I realized that I really needed to work harder on my security. While I know that random patterns are the most secure, I often have trouble remembering them. It is possible to create a more secure password just by substituting symbols and numbers for letters or creating a mnemonic for a sentence you'll remember.
Here are some examples of making a simple password more secure, but don't actually use these:
- password = p@s$w0rD or p@$Sw0Rd
- makingcentsofit = m@k!ngCent$0f1t
As you can see, I can still remember a word as my password but through substitution, it will not be as easy for someone to hack.
Never Use the Following as a Password
- your address
- pet's name
- birthday/anniversary/other important date
- the same password for multiple sites (hack one and they all go down)
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