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How to Have a Strong Password


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In this unit, you’ll learn how to make a secure/strong password which is easily memorable.

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Here are 3 great methods that you can use for making a strong and memorable password:
  • The Bruce Schneier's Method; security expert Bruce Schneier invented a method to make a secure password that you can easily remember and it is simply this: Take a sentence and make it a password. an Example, “Strong Passwords Give Us Security” = SPGUS
  • The PAO Method; scientific memorization techniques might help you remember your unbreakable password, one technique is the PAO (Person Action Object) method. It goes like this:
  1. Select an image of an interesting place (Example: A garden)
  2. Select a character (Example: A man)
  3. Select an action (Example: A Man is Cutting a flower in a garden)
  4. Which gives us: AMICAFIAG
  • The Phonetic Muscle Memory Method; here’s how to make an advanced unbreakable password. Go to a password generator site: For example, "passwordsgenerator.net."
  1. Create a password.
  2. Look for phonetic structure and see how it sounds in your head. Example: b45u can be (before five you). That way you'll be able to memorize your password effectively.
After following any of the above tips to memorize a password, ensure that you add a number, symbol and capital letter to make the password even more secure.
Finally, after making your super-secure password you should remember one golden rule: Never use the same password twice, always use different passwords for different accounts.