Motivational Passphrase – the quest for a better password


Use longer passwords. With 15 characters and avoiding obvious words you’ll be quite safe.

Use an easy way to recall your passwords. Use motivational passphrases.20180903_132933Memorable phrases are easy.  Like from a song or a poem. The trick is to convert those phrases made up of  letters in something harder for brute force and dictionary attacks.

Substitute at least two characters for non-digits (with only one substitution it will be a piece of cake cracking it). Digits are bad; not many to pick from. To bad we only have ten fingers in our hands.

I suggested you also use those paraphrases to keep being remembered on something good you want to achieve, do or be.  Like walking around your dog more frequently. Or be always a good listener. Or something more specific.

That way you’ll know it is feasible and achievable. It will get done.

Up to you coming up with something unique about you get hard to find out by scrapping social media.Just don’t use: IW1llw@lkBobby.

Tell me. What do you think about this:

Strollf@!thfull

Is it better non direct reference to your dog, or act, or loved one? There has to be some opinion or feeling you can relate to.

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One Response to “Motivational Passphrase – the quest for a better password”

  1. Hélder Silva Says:

    Muitos sistemas hoje em dia já evitam ataques “brute force” e “dictionary attack” com o máximo de tentativas em x tempo… no entanto são boas recomendações a seguir…

    Deixo alguns links que podem ser interessantes:

    Verificar nível/qualidade da password:
    http://www.passwordmeter.com/
    https://howsecureismypassword.net/

    Verificar se os nossos acessos já foram comprometidos:
    https://haveibeenpwned.com/

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