<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>My 2c<br><br></div>When it comes to easy to remember passwords I always suggest interleaving two words easy to remember. e.g.<br></div>mum<br></div>dad<br>=<br></div>mduamd<br>
<br></div>You can write the words down and as long as people don't know the "secret" then it's safe.<br></div>You can also do change letters to numbers. Again, no need to write that down.<br><br></div>This guy has written LOTs on the subject, here is one: <a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/01/choosing_secure.html">https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/01/choosing_secure.html</a><br>
</div>If you are interested in security, his blog is probably the best place to start gaining knowledge, ideas and understanding.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 March 2013 11:54, Colin McCarthy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:binarysignal@gmail.com" target="_blank">binarysignal@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 26 March 2013 05:53, Dan Attwood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danattwood@gmail.com" target="_blank">danattwood@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://xkcd.com/936/" target="_blank">https://xkcd.com/936/</a><br><div><br></div><div>is probably as good as explanation as you'll likely to get</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div>
<div>I use a combination of words like this system. It's surprisingly easy to remember a 16+ character password that way.</div>
<div><br></div><div>This article although incredible long is extremely interesting on the subject of passwords <a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/ff-mat-honan-password-hacker/all/" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/ff-mat-honan-password-hacker/all/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>It does not matter now long your password is if it's still easy to trick a machine or Apple agent into resetting your account.</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On 26 March 2013 09:42, james morris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwm.art.net@gmail.com" target="_blank">jwm.art.net@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On 26 March 2013 07:07, Gary Yeames-Smith <<a href="mailto:gary@hotel-media.tv" target="_blank">gary@hotel-media.tv</a>> wrote:<br>
> Another method for password creation is to create a long memorable sentence<br>
> and then take the 1st letter of each word. This results in a easy to<br>
> remember password which looks completely random to other people.<br>
<br>
Why not use the memorable sentence itself? You've still got the first<br>
letter of each word, but as additional work, all the rest of them too<br>
;-)<br>
<br>
Which is what I wanted to investigate but I've got a bit stuck as I<br>
haven't yet managed to crack such blinders as 'crackmenow'.<br>
<br>
And as far as memorable sentence creation goes, I'd take a leaf out of<br>
William S Burroughs' book, and how memorable sentences are constructed<br>
by the holders of record-breaking memory feats. Suggest seemingly<br>
nonsense sentences which have some sort of private/internal<br>
logic/association too it to the user who came up with it.<br>
<br>
Which will still be far too much for my parents to cope with.<br>
<br>
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