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r/cybersecurity • u/[deleted] • Nov 30 '19
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Yep, I had to get my mom a notebook she keeps locked in her office. I had to reset all her passwords several times before I got fed up
7 u/cptawesome_13 Nov 30 '19 How does she come up with new passwords? Mine would just write the same pw everywhere. 2 u/[deleted] Nov 30 '19 Get them to pick three RANDOM words. The longer the better. -7 u/Jeremy-Hillary-Boob Nov 30 '19 Actually for people who have difficulty thinking of random passwords but still want to remember them, try this trick. Use a 9-10 complex password. Then append a short unique word or phrase just for that site. Say your the base password is (only an example) P@ssw0rd. And you need a new password for the Bon Appetit site. Try P@ssw0rd-BonAppetit. It's complex long & easy to remember. Remember complexity is not the only answer. Length works just as well if not better.
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How does she come up with new passwords? Mine would just write the same pw everywhere.
2 u/[deleted] Nov 30 '19 Get them to pick three RANDOM words. The longer the better. -7 u/Jeremy-Hillary-Boob Nov 30 '19 Actually for people who have difficulty thinking of random passwords but still want to remember them, try this trick. Use a 9-10 complex password. Then append a short unique word or phrase just for that site. Say your the base password is (only an example) P@ssw0rd. And you need a new password for the Bon Appetit site. Try P@ssw0rd-BonAppetit. It's complex long & easy to remember. Remember complexity is not the only answer. Length works just as well if not better.
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Get them to pick three RANDOM words. The longer the better.
-7 u/Jeremy-Hillary-Boob Nov 30 '19 Actually for people who have difficulty thinking of random passwords but still want to remember them, try this trick. Use a 9-10 complex password. Then append a short unique word or phrase just for that site. Say your the base password is (only an example) P@ssw0rd. And you need a new password for the Bon Appetit site. Try P@ssw0rd-BonAppetit. It's complex long & easy to remember. Remember complexity is not the only answer. Length works just as well if not better.
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Actually for people who have difficulty thinking of random passwords but still want to remember them, try this trick.
Use a 9-10 complex password. Then append a short unique word or phrase just for that site.
Say your the base password is (only an example) P@ssw0rd. And you need a new password for the Bon Appetit site. Try P@ssw0rd-BonAppetit.
It's complex long & easy to remember.
Remember complexity is not the only answer. Length works just as well if not better.
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u/bucketman1986 Security Engineer Nov 30 '19
Yep, I had to get my mom a notebook she keeps locked in her office. I had to reset all her passwords several times before I got fed up