by DiTesco

Created on: March 02, 2009

Like anyone using the Internet today, we have most likely a lot of accounts that need passwords. Bank accounts, social networks, new startups we might consider checking out, email accounts, blogs, forums, access to our company's server, you name it. Though we should maintain unique passwords for important services (like company servers, bank accounts and some important email accounts), it still is a nightmare to determine what password we should create and worst of all, having to remember passwords for every service we are using online. In most cases, it is possible that you find yourself reusing the same passwords, over and over again, in order to remember them. Such practice is obviously not recommended, as once it is compromised, it is one big invitation for a hacker to gain access on other services you use.

That said, what if I told you, that it is possible to have a strong password that is unique, different and can be easily remembered at the same time. Such a simple way that you only have to remember one password, but at the same time, being different for every site. Sounds impossible? Well, read on.

How to create this miracle password?
First step. Rather than thinking of a word for your password, remember a phrase instead. For example: "I Was Born In New York City!" Then take the first letter of each word, which is this case will be: IWBINYC! (Note that I left the exclamation point on purpose). This method makes your password look very random, and since it has a symbol at the end, makes it even stronger. Thing is, it is easy to remember.

How to make this unique and different? First step is already unique in itself. Now the second part will make it different and yet easy to remember. Say you need a password for your bank (ex. Wells Fargo). Just take the first letters of the name - WF and add it to your phrased password. In our example, it will look like this: WFIWBINYC! Another example. Say you have an account with Stumble Upon. The letters can be SU. Adding this to your phrased password will look like this: SUIWBINYC!

So you think that it is not strong enough. Add a symbol between them. Following our example, we can use "+" sign for this purpose. The master phrased password will then be: +IWNINYC! and for Wells Fargo, like this: WF+IWBINYC!

That's it. It can be done and it is easy to remember. Most important, is that it is unique and a very strong password. No need to write this down anywhere. Want another example? My password is so strong i can not remember it = Mpissicnri. Time to change those passwords.

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