Here's a fun way to make a strong password that is unique to every site you visit.
This is idea 1 of 10 in the team of amazing people series on security.
Strong password ideas...
You know the score. 6 letters or more including special characters, numbers, capital letters etc.
If you don't make a new password for every site you will expose yourself to greater risk, so how?
Step 1. Think of 2 words. In proper case.
They can be kids names, pet names a band name, teacher or parent name.
My favourite bands are Pet Shop Boys and Mairk. So my 2 words in proper case are Pet Mairk.
Step 2. Take the 2 first characters of the website you are visiting. E.g. Facebook is fa
Step 3. Choose a number. Your age, year of birth, house number or anything you want.
I'm 52 so I choose 52 as my number.
Step 4. Add your postcode, zip code, or that of your parents house.
Step 5. Top it all with a special character.
I like the number 7, so I shoose shift 7 which is & but you can use ! Like 99% 9f other people if you want.
So to recap my Facebook password is..
PetMairkfa52TN132QU&
My Google password is
PetMairkgo52TN132QU
What's yours?
No don't tell me. Remember it.