So I've been talking with some of my friends about what their password strategies are and I'm finding some really good ideas that I thought I'd share here.
1) The Universal Password: This is probably the most common of any password strategies. You pick one password like "3blindmice" and you use it for every site and everything you do. I personally don't think this is tooo smart. If someone finds your password then all your protected items are opened up! But I admit, I have used this before....
2) The Universal Password... with a Twist!: So I was talking with a friend of mine a while back on how I used to use the same password for everything. He told me a little trick he uses:
1. Think of a universal password like, "5403"
2. Take the first two letters of the website name and put it before that password.
Like so: pr5403
I think this is great because you could go in so many directions with it. Putting initials of the site at the beginning and the end... putting it at the end... it just works great! It's easy to remember yet it is hard for others to guess.
3) The Picture Password: This is my personal favorite. You create a giant ascii image, such as this image of Einstein: http://linksforelliot.googlepages.com/ascii.php.htm
Then you have the opportunity to select a password from anywhere within the image. It may sound hard to remember, but in order to make this easy you put the password hint as, "Lower lip" or "Left ear". This way, no one can even try to guess from the hint!
Okay I showed you some of mine, now you show me some of your's! What is your way to keep passwords?
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