Password ideas (that you won’t forget)

We live in demanding times.

Each website asks you to create a strong password.

Each cybersecurity specialist reminds you to only use unique passwords and never to reuse that password.

And you’re sitting confused, asking, “so how on Earth can I create dozens of secure and unique passwords and not forget every single one of them in the next five minutes?”.

We understand your struggle. That’s why we prepared two password ideas that you won’t forget, so your accounts don’t appear in a public database after yet another major data leak.

What is a weak password?

Usually, a weak password is one that somebody has already thought of or could think of easily. And it’s usually the one that a hacker (or an algorithm) will try first.

123456, 123456789, qwerty, password, and 1111111 are examples of weak passwords used way too frequently.

Any password that consists of a predictable sequence of letters and numbers is weak. The fewer tries an attacker needs to guess your password, the weaker the password is.

What are the risks of using weak passwords?

83% of Americans are still using weak passwords. That means only 1 in 5 Americans would avoid seeing their password posted in data leak forums among all the qwerty s and 111111s.

With a strong password, you protect yourself from password-related, brute-force attacks:

Brute force attack – an attack where a criminal keeps submitting usernames and passwords, hoping he’ll eventually guess a correct combination. When your password is your birthday, you make things easy.

Similarly, in a dictionary attack(a form of brute force attack), the system tries out all the words from the dictionary. If you have a password that is a single word, now you know what you risk.

Also, be extra cautious about recycling passwords. (Just don’t do it.) If your password has once been leaked and you reused it on multiple platforms, a hacker will try it out immediately. Since 7 in 10 people are recycling passwords, that means a high success rate for a hacker.

Password ideas : how to create passwords that are hard but easy?

Golden rule – capital letter, number, special symbol.

Whatever the password you create, make sure it has at least one capital letter ( myDoggotheBest), one number ( my5Dogg0theBest), and a special symbol ( * [email protected] ^t). That’s how you get a password that makes sense to you but is almost impossible to guess.

Here are two strategies for password ideas that are hard to guess for the hacker but are actually effortless for you to remember.

Make a wish.

What is the bigger purpose or an end goal why you use any platform/website for? Maybe you save your money in the bank account so that you buy a new car? Or maybe you signed in to an e-learning platform to become a better specialist?

Put that intention into a passphrase!

Your bank? Be rich and have a prosperous future. (Just include the numbers and symbols in between.)

Your work email? I’ll become a top specialist in my niche.

Food delivery app? I’m gonna eat healthily.

You get the idea!

Make association with the platform.

Take the association that the website brings you and put it into a password.

Amazon account – what do you buy there most often? What’s the best (or worst) thing you bought?

McDonald’s app – what’s the weirdest combo of foods you’d never take?

First, this will help you remember the strong passphrase (that you’ll make out of these password ideas). And then, you’ll be sure to always remember the platform you use the password on.

Automatic password ideas that you don’t need to remember? Yes, please.

If making wishes or thinking of associations does not excite you at all, there’s still a way to nail it – use a password manager.

A secure password manager like PassCamp does the job for you – with a couple of clicks it generates truly random passwords that comprise all complex password elements whenever you’re signing up for a new account.

The best thing is, it will be the last time you’ll see it – the tool will then safely store it and autofill the password for you.

Try out PassCamp for free today and see it for yourself – it might be the last time you googled for some password ideas.