30th May 2012, 09:59 AM
AAAAAArg...
oh... and making Passwords UNIQUE to this site ONLY... hands up the one passwords for evrything !
The more passwords you have to remember, the greater is the risk that you will forget some of them every once in a while. Except if you use the same password for many sites, which puts you at risk. So how can you avoid forgetting passwords?
One good way of making sure that you do not forget passwords is to write them down. You can use complex passwords that are different from each other, and you don't face the risk of forgetting them. Of course, you don't want to write them down in their entirety, or you risk somebody stealing or viewing your list of passwords.
To avoid the problem of somebody getting hold of your list of passwords, don't write the passwords in their entirety. You memorize one part, and write down another part. To help make it easier to remember password, use the memorized part of your passwords for many accounts. The part you write down would all be different. This method will help you make up specific passwords for different websites without the trouble of having to memorize every one of them.
Of course, it's not enough for either part of your passwords-the one you write down or the one you memorize-to be just a few characters long. That would make it too easy to guess or to test all possibilities. Make each part long enough, at least 6 characters each.
And don't forget to keep a copy of the list you make somewhere safe-just in case!
oh... and making Passwords UNIQUE to this site ONLY... hands up the one passwords for evrything !
The more passwords you have to remember, the greater is the risk that you will forget some of them every once in a while. Except if you use the same password for many sites, which puts you at risk. So how can you avoid forgetting passwords?
One good way of making sure that you do not forget passwords is to write them down. You can use complex passwords that are different from each other, and you don't face the risk of forgetting them. Of course, you don't want to write them down in their entirety, or you risk somebody stealing or viewing your list of passwords.
To avoid the problem of somebody getting hold of your list of passwords, don't write the passwords in their entirety. You memorize one part, and write down another part. To help make it easier to remember password, use the memorized part of your passwords for many accounts. The part you write down would all be different. This method will help you make up specific passwords for different websites without the trouble of having to memorize every one of them.
Of course, it's not enough for either part of your passwords-the one you write down or the one you memorize-to be just a few characters long. That would make it too easy to guess or to test all possibilities. Make each part long enough, at least 6 characters each.
And don't forget to keep a copy of the list you make somewhere safe-just in case!