Usually there is a balance between how "safe" a password is considered to be and the willingness of using it!
To be honest, most people try more secure passwords, and when they have been forced to use the "lost password"-feature a couple of times, they resort to their old habits again... Which is shown in
the list of the most common passwords!
So in REALITY there must be a balance between the ability to actually remember the password and how "secure" it is..
And since I have been in this trap myself.. I have learnt to use a Swedish method of CREATING MORE SECURE PASSWORDS that at the same time are easier to remember and to type! It´s called
the WinGuider-Method (from
https://www.winguider.se/en/ )and it´s so simple!
The
WinGuider-method is that
you make up a sentence of at least 8 words, you then enter the 1st character of each word as a password..
The sentence "
My cat Meow has black and white fur" forms the secure password:
McMhbawf or
McMhb&wf.
This is much safer than using the partner's, children's, pets, etc. names, dates of birth, etc. that too many people use as passwords.
WinGuider-Method is so simple that you can easily teach it to both children and the elderly.. And everyone in between.
I highly recommend it!
You use regular typing rules, And it´s easy to find a sentence that contains numbers if that is required!
You decide how log password you like to use, but the
minimum of 8 characters is to be regarded as
a true minimum..
As it used to say on t-shirts when I was younger!
** TRY IT, YOU WILL LIKE IT!
You might even teach your kids this... So they learn to be safe in young years...
Edit: added the source, since it´s required for possible copyright reasons!