A recent article about Password fatigue suggests that people like to use social media to log in to websites rather than having to remember passwords. This got me thinking about all my passwords.
I have an Excel spreadsheet with all my login emails and usernames and the relevant passwords. I used to have all the passwords the same and then some one told me that was not a very good idea.
My intention was to try to mix them up a bit … one day.
Then the bank said there was an “issue” with a log in and required a password change for my security. At the same time I needed to create a new password for another site which required a combination of Capital letter, numbers and a symbol. This was going to be interesting; what to choose
About the same time some one gave me some great advice.
Choose one word; it could be your favourite colour or the street you grew up in – just one word.
This word becomes the basis of your password and can be straight letters or a combination of letters and numbers.
For example:
My favourite colour is Pink. This can be the four letters p i n k or add a number p 1 n k
So, if I am creating a password to log into my magazine subscription for Vogue Living.
If the password is letters only, the password becomes Voguepink
If the password requires a combination of letters and numbers, the password becomes Voguep1nk
There are innumerable ways that you can use this.
I’ve developed a system where I now use the name of the website I am logging into with a combination of this technique and another symbol.
