Create Your Own Password Algorithm And Never Forget Your Passwords Again

Have you guys bumped your passwords with the Top 500 worst passwords list yet?  Even if your password isn’t on that list, wouldn’t you feel better knowing that your password is a lot more complex than the ones you currently have?  Many people are afraid to create complex passwords in fear that it would be too hard to remember, so they basically use the same password for all their online accounts.

Many of you use those password manager software, but if you don’t sync those passwords to all your computers, then you’ll still have a hard time remembering them.  If you feel like you’re wasting too many brain cells to create an algorithm, then use your password manager.  This is merely a suggestion.

So how can you create a different password for each site that’s complex enough to make you feel more secured?  Create your own password algorithm!  A great post about this is from Daniel Scocco of Daily Blog Tips.  Here’s an excerpt of Daniel’s sample algorithm (Don’t use his algorithm to create your passwords! It was created as an example!):

“To solve this problem I am starting to use a technique to be able to know all my passwords automatically. How? By creating an algorithm to create the passwords.

Here is one example:

• The first digit is the number of characters on the name of the website.
• The second digit is “c” is the number in the first step was odd, and “t” if it was even.
• The third digit is the last letter of the name of the website.
• The fourth digit is “$” if the letter in the previous step was a vowel, and “%” if it was a consonant.
• The last three digits are the first three letters of the name of the website.

Using the algorithm above, your password on Twitter would be “7cr%twi” and on Facebook it would be “8tk%fac”.”

See how easy it is to create and remember your unique passwords for all your sites?  Here’s another easy algorithm you can tweak to make it your own:

1. Create A Password Phrase – A password phrase is a sentence that you can remember but other people won’t be able to guess it.  For example, “Jack Nguyen’s favorite number is 31 and his favorite color is blue“.  With this password phrase, take the first letter and number of each word in that sentence: JNfni3ahfcib. Notice how I capitalized the letters J and N because it’s my name
2. Take the first and last letter of the site the password is for along with the number of letters in the site’s url, and add it to the front of your password phrase.  So if I’m on Twitter, my password would be: tr7JNfni3ahfcib

If you’re using sites that makes you change your password every 3 months or so, then I suggest you add the current 2 digit year and month to your password: tr7JNfni3ahfcib0210.  When the site asks you to change your password and for some reason you forget it, just keep entering your passwords with the previous dates to track back your old password.

If you guys think this is way too much work just for passwords, go here.  Better safe than sorry.

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