Resolution for 2016

How about a resolution for 2016 to change your passwords?

Make a resolution for 2016 -a different password for email than you do for your bank or your blog. I know it is not January, but it is never too late. And a new stronger password for the one application that is easily hacked in public WIFI locations such as coffee houses, airports, and soon city streets.

Use a new scheme for the passwords this time. Instead of simply using the dog’s name and some numbers, try this:

Write out a phrase

Change up the letters in the phrase to ones that look like letters but are not.

Add uppercase letters randomly

Squish it together

Write it backwards

Lets see how that looks in real life:

1. My phrase: Silly words make me laugh
2. 5illy wo4ds ma8e m3 l8ugh
3. 5iLLy wo4ds Ma8E M3 l8UgH
4. 5iLLywo4dsMa8EM3l8UgH
5. HgU8l3ME8aMsd4owyLLi5

Final result is a password nobody will guess and won’t be machine guessed either.