How to create a strong password
It important to use a unique password on every website/service that you access. If the service were to become compromised or "hacked" the bad actors may be able to exfiltrated user information including passwords.
This information is sold to other bad actors that wish to again access to accounts.
Advice on making a strong password
- Has 16 or more characters
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Includes Numbers, Symbols, Capital Letters, and Lower-Case Letters: Use a mix of different types of characters to make the password harder to crack.
- Isn’t a single Dictionary Word
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Doesn’t rely on Obvious Substitutions: Don’t use common substitutions, either — for example, “H0use” isn’t strong just because you’ve replaced an o with a 0. That’s just obvious.
The Passpharese / Diceware Method
The important thing to remember here is that the words need to be random. For example, “cat in the hat” would be a terrible combination because it’s such a common phrase and the words make sense together. “my beautiful red house” would also be bad because the words make grammatical and logical sense together. But, something like “correct horse battery staple” or “seashell glaring molasses invisible” is random. The words don’t make sense together and aren’t in grammatically correct order, which is good. It should also be much easier to remember than a traditional random password.