December 14, 2007

How to Have Unique Passwords & Remember Them

Michael Bluejay of MichaelBluejay.com came up with a clever way to have unique passwords for every site and remember them.

If you don’t want to follow the link right there, essentially his idea is that you have a standard password, but you alter that password for every site by incorporating the initials of that site into your password.

For instance, if your standard password was “password” (one of the best possible passwords already because it’s so obvious that nobody would think you’re dumb enough to use it), and you were starting an account at Idea Province, your password would be: IPpassword. Or, as Bluejay also points out, you could separate the initials to be even sneakier, so the password would be IpasswordP.

Honestly, if your password is “password” like mine is, you’re probably fine. But for anyone else, this could be a useful tip.

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