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3. Make them meaningful to you in some way.
A favorite song or movie title, creatively modified, can provide the basis for a long, strong password. “Aint2pRoud2beG!” has 16 well-varied characters. Or, say, “Char1ot$ofF1re” for a strong, 14-character example.
4. Use a same-body/different-tail approach.
Develop a complex string of 8-10 characters that’s meaningful to you. For example, a fan of old movies might use Casablanca and its 1943 release date to arrive at “19Ca$a43” as the body. Then add a variable combination of other characters as a “tail” that relates to each individual account. For example, you could end up with “19Ca$a43Amaz!” as a strong, long, memorable password for your Amazon account. Or “19Ca$a43Elec!” for the account you have with your electric utility provider.
5. Test your password.
Whatever approach you choose
for building passwords, make
sure they are secure. Go to
https://www.security.org/how-
secure-is-my-password/, enter
your password candidate, and
see how long it would take to
crack it. Try different combina-
tions of characters to build safe, memorable, and manageable passwords.
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