It may be because I work in the security world, but I am pretty anal when it comes to this sort of stuff.
I have 26 separate passwords. Each one starts with a separate letter of the alphabet. Each are 8 to 10 characters in length, and comprise of "random" letters.
I say "random" because they are actually a phrase. For example if I registered on a website that started with the letter 'E' (Expedia? EBookers? EBay?) I could use "egtmcnqgthohn". This phrase could stand for something completely esoteric such as "Egbert Gulliver Throgbottle MacFarquarson could never quite get the hang of his name". (It's not my real 'e' password, but you get the idea).
Throw in the odd shifted letter and a swap for numbers (e->3,i->1 etc.) and it seems pretty random.
Unless you happen to be me, and understand what the mnemonics are.
And these are just my general usage passwords. My VISA and MasterCard ones are even more obscure.
It may be because I work in the security world, but I am pretty anal when it comes to this sort of stuff.
I have 26 separate passwords. Each one starts with a separate letter of the alphabet. Each are 8 to 10 characters in length, and comprise of "random" letters.
I say "random" because they are actually a phrase. For example if I registered on a website that started with the letter 'E' (Expedia? EBookers? EBay?) I could use "egtmcnqgthohn". This phrase could stand for something completely esoteric such as "Egbert Gulliver Throgbottle MacFarquarson could never quite get the hang of his name". (It's not my real 'e' password, but you get the idea).
Throw in the odd shifted letter and a swap for numbers (e->3,i->1 etc.) and it seems pretty random.
Unless you happen to be me, and understand what the mnemonics are.
And these are just my general usage passwords. My VISA and MasterCard ones are even more obscure.
Told you I was pretty anal about these things.