Nowadays, people are becoming more and more social, not in living
life but in digital life. When you register for some social networking web site
or some emailing service or some web service, you need to decide your password
to login and use that service. So password plays crucial role in digital life.
One survey regarding password says that “password”, “12345” and “qwerty” are the
most common passwords of new users. There is a fear of stealing your digital
identity by hacking or cracking your password this is why you need a strong
password. I am sharing some tips to make strong password and in the latter part
of this article, I am sharing how to remember long and strong password
easily.
- The thumb rule for strong password is making it as long as you can,
minimum 8 characters are recommended.
- Go for combinations of letters (uPPer and LOweR case), numbers and
special symbols.
- Have a fun with characters and symbols e.g. bOMb@y2g0A (in simple
bombay2goa…….I used @ instead of ‘a’ in Bombay and zero (0) instead of O in
goa)
- Avoid easily guessable words like your first name, last name, cell
number, birth place, company name from your password.
- Avoid dictionary words in the password because these are easily
crackable.
- Use local language word in the password. E.g. “Mera Bharat Mahan” can
be “meRabhARatmaHAn”
- Use initial letters of each word from some proverb or sentence.
e.g. “Olive oil contains high amounts of monounsaturated fat” the password may be “oochaomf”
- Do not use same password for all usernames.
- Revive your password in 2-3 months.
Some
examples of strong passwords,
physics experiment – phY$icsXperiment
unsolved mystery – Un$0lved_mYstry
traumatic time – traUmat!c#t!me
Wealth and power – We@LthNpOwR
Life is about being aware of things around – liAbaoTa
My Daughter, Akshaya, Born On 2nd May 2014 – mdAbo2M14
We have many usernames and many passwords, so how can we remember all
passwords? Now, I am going to share the tricks to remember the password. First
you have to make one strong password on the basis of above guidelines. Then
append shortcut word of the web site at end or in middle of that strong
password.
e.g. The password “hUw!fstd” which is derived from “Here yoU Will Find SomeThing Different”
The password of Gmail may be - hUw!fstd _gml
The password of Facebook may be - hUw!fstd _FbK
The password of Yahoo may be - hUw!fstd _Y00
The password of Flipkart may be - hUw!fstd _fLkP