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The secret to the PERFECT password: (Original Post) ret5hd Mar 2022 OP
I-N-F-I-N-I-T-Y ??? :-) flor-de-jasmim Mar 2022 #1
Funny (if bad language) related clip from a game I love... Akoto Mar 2022 #2
My passwords are so strong... old as dirt Mar 2022 #3
One of the IT guys at work gave me this tip. Use something familiar like a name or school mitch96 Mar 2022 #4
Or use a phrase substituting numbers, special chars, mixed case woodsprite Mar 2022 #5

mitch96

(13,895 posts)
4. One of the IT guys at work gave me this tip. Use something familiar like a name or school
Sun Mar 27, 2022, 07:39 PM
Mar 2022

and spell it backwards and add some familiar numbers like your old phone number or year of birth.
You know the name and number so it will be hard to forget.. Just don't use a palindrome!!
Susan 1948
Nasus 8491
Works for me..
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woodsprite

(11,913 posts)
5. Or use a phrase substituting numbers, special chars, mixed case
Sun Mar 27, 2022, 08:00 PM
Mar 2022

Something like

B$tcMpTR?d3l!

The network admin and I at work used to change the server password monthly. We’d close our eyes, open a dictionary, and put our finger on a the page. Wherever it landed was the first word of the pass phrase. Did that 2 more times. I remember one - salty seashells garden. Just can’t remember where the caps and special chars were - too many years ago )

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