I used to train people about passwords and often came up with novel ideas that would be secure passwords.
For example, if you was born in Bradford and you’re 38 meaning you was born approx 1983.
So something like B1r9a8d3F0rd! is a strong secure password. But you don’t want to use the same password for everything. So you could have B1r9a8d3F0rdFab! or B1r9a8d3F0rdFacebook!
Just thought it might help anyone who’s struggling to create secure passwords. |
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"How would I remember the capital F in the middle of Bradford ?"
You split the word Bradford into two. Like Liverpool could be split into Liver and Pool
Dover = Do Ver
Manchester = Man Chester
etc etc |
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I just use my social wiles to get the security questions from the people I talk to.
"Aren't dogs great? What was the name of your first pet?"
"Don't you find it crazy how women have to change their names when they get married? What was your mother's maiden name?"
"I miss my childhood home so much. What was the name of the street you lived on as a child?"
Like candy from a baby  |
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"Keeping an eye on this thread, taking notes of user names and seeing if I can suss out their identities and passwords "
Haha you can use any word. Place of birth, favourite football team, phone number, favourite fast food place, even the first place you had sex! It’s just to give you an idea of something that’s secure and easy to remember. |
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"I just use my social wiles to get the security questions from the people I talk to.
"Aren't dogs great? What was the name of your first pet?"
"Don't you find it crazy how women have to change their names when they get married? What was your mother's maiden name?"
"I miss my childhood home so much. What was the name of the street you lived on as a child?"
Like candy from a baby "
Fleabag
Smith
I lived in quite a few
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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago
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Staying safe online is so important these days.
Take the same approach to your personal and work accounts.
Length complexity
Letter substitutions are not as secure as people think, especially with shorter words.
Try not to develop patterns, unless you use different patterns for different types of websites. They don’t need to hack google to get an idea of your pattern, lots of smaller sites you may have signed up to get breached.
Check out haveibeenpwned to see if any if your accounts have been publicly disclosed.
If you want good advice in how to stay safe online the NCSC website has password advice, such as using 3 random words.
You should also consider the use of password managers and MFA on those accounts that use them. |
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"Staying safe online is so important these days.
Take the same approach to your personal and work accounts.
Length complexity
Letter substitutions are not as secure as people think, especially with shorter words.
Try not to develop patterns, unless you use different patterns for different types of websites. They don’t need to hack google to get an idea of your pattern, lots of smaller sites you may have signed up to get breached.
Check out haveibeenpwned to see if any if your accounts have been publicly disclosed.
If you want good advice in how to stay safe online the NCSC website has password advice, such as using 3 random words.
You should also consider the use of password managers and MFA on those accounts that use them."
Great advice! I regularly check haveibeenpawned and always use 2fa if offered. |
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