Reply to post: Re: Password Managers?

Microsoft: You NEED bad passwords and should re-use them a lot

Sir Runcible Spoon

Re: Password Managers?

I have several 'awkward' passwords that I use in different combinations, plus numbers that I can use for a variety of security levels.

For example, If I were to use the base word of, say Klingon (as a memory aide) the password 'root' might be something like

K11Garn!

Another might be Enterprise, and be something like 3nt3Rprize=

Start adding numbers to those and the passwords you write down (for reference) are:

77 + Alien

Ship + 73

Alien + 99 Ship + 03

As long as I remember the root passwords I can create lots of combinations and keep them written down with very little risk of anyone 'guessing' the root.

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