How to create a good password

How To Create A Good Password

Since time immemorial, men have had problems with security. There were always those people that had a knack for stealing. Even in today’s world, where security is of the utmost importance, it is imperative that we do the little things necessary to keep our personal wealth, privacy and data in check. Although most of us are not wealthy enough to be the focus of hackers, it is still quite important that we keep whatever little we have, even if its seemingly unimportant emails, safe.

The most useful and widely used security measure was, is and forever will be the password--a simple and yet effective tool to keep unknowns out. Passwords are the easiest form of security anyone can implement, and yet many people fail to keep others out of their email accounts. And why is this so? Well, the fact is that even though passwords are easy to make, they are more often than not taken for granted. You may think there is no way that anyone can read your mind, can they? Well, the simple truth is that there are people that can. Especially, people who know you can sometimes predict what special name or phrase you kept as your password.

So you must come up with a password that is strong and works. Anyone can come up with long and complicated passwords, and think they’ve done a great job. You would think that anyone could easily remember their password three minutes away from the email verification but truth is, you might not. The main problem with coming up with good passwords is the memory factor. Sure we can write stuff down but this is not usually recommended; that piece of paper can easily get lost or other people can access it. Moreover, it becomes a hassle whenever you have to reach for it every time you want to log in. It is best to come up with something that you can easily relate to and never forget because there are always chances of people going blank.

So, should you keep your password as your husband’s name or after your kids? After all, they are easy to remember and it is almost impossible that anyone would forget them. Well, experts don’t usually recommend this. It is very unwise to keep the name of a person close to you as a password. It is also unwise to use date of births, company names, pet names and other easy-to-guess possibilities. It would be better to have these names written backwards or jumbled up, but it is still sceptical. A good password has to be long, preferably more than 10 characters, with a minimum of 6. This is to allow for increased permutations and combinations. Moreover, it is better to have a mix of capital and small letters, numbers and characters. This is a bit harder to type in, but then who can really guess a password like "iCe!colder34”? If you are not up to this daunting task then you can have something like a simple phrase such as “greenshoppingbags” or “tonyisthebest” for simplicity and ingenuity.
Remember to always keep a watch over your shoulder to see who might be looking when you are typing in your password, and if possible, change the password every month.

A Computer Guy

How To Create A Good Password