Timeline for What is your way to create good passwords that can actually be remembered?
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| Nov 24, 2018 at 14:24 | comment | added | reed | The reason why writing passwords on paper is generally not a good idea is that every time you need to type it you have to 1) take out the piece of paper, 2) read it carefully and type it. Often passwords need to be entered when other people are around you (friends, family, coworkers) and those people will end up knowing where you keep the piece of paper and maybe also read (or even take a picture of) the password while you are busy reading it yourself and typing it. | |
| Nov 24, 2018 at 14:19 | comment | added | reed | @HotLicks, very BAD idea, now everybody knows how you create your low-entropy passwords. | |
| Oct 16, 2014 at 18:05 | comment | added | Hot Licks | My "cheat", to generate apparently complex passwords that are easily remembered, is to start at one key and move diagonally. Eg, 1qazSE$rfv. You can change how you shift, do zig-zags, etc. Just avoid horizontal runs, since keyboard complexity rating algorithms sniff out those and reject them. | |
| May 5, 2013 at 21:07 | comment | added | AndyMac | The problem with writing passwords down is that you need to carry that paper with you whenever you want to use those sites. If you're travelling, working on the move, at someone's house etc, you may not always be carrying that. Using a formula to manipulate a single strong password to work for the site your using is possible. Otherwise LastPass as mentioned above is good. | |
| Apr 11, 2013 at 4:04 | comment | added | TildalWave | If you write it on a piece of paper, also make sure it's the only piece of paper placed on a hard surface. Or, use a soft tip pen. Just a thought... I swear it's not me in my family that watches Murder She Wrote! Honestly!! :) | |
| Sep 4, 2012 at 18:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSecurity/status/243046069645238273 | ||
| Feb 9, 2012 at 10:56 | comment | added | KG - | and this is precisely what software like 1Password, KeePass and LastPass aim to achieve. Thumbs up. | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 3:51 | comment | added | Bradley Kreider | +1 Agreed. Anything that can be attacked millions of times offline needs a ridiculous password, but attacks that can be spotted before thousands of attempts don't need as strong passwords. | |
| Dec 5, 2010 at 21:33 | history | answered | AviD♦ | CC BY-SA 2.5 |