Comments on: Protecting your inbox http://www.debtreduction101.com/2009/07/26/10694_protecting-your-inbox.html Digging my way out of debt Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:23:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul http://www.debtreduction101.com/2009/07/26/10694_protecting-your-inbox.html/comment-page-1#comment-899 Paul Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:00:56 +0000 http://www.debtreduction101.com/?p=694#comment-899 I'm probably way overly paranoid on online security, but the best method of password creation I've found is to use the first letter of each word in a phrase (like an 8-word phrase) that you can easily remember, and use those letters as your password. Longer the better, and replace one letter with a digit. Impossible to guess or use a dictionary attack on, and 8 characters is pretty strong. And it goes without saying, never write down passwords if you can help it, and always make sure anything you're typing a password into is an "https", as that means it's been transmitted encrypted (this is not 100% security but it's a lot better than clear text) I’m probably way overly paranoid on online security, but the best method of password creation I’ve found is to use the first letter of each word in a phrase (like an 8-word phrase) that you can easily remember, and use those letters as your password. Longer the better, and replace one letter with a digit. Impossible to guess or use a dictionary attack on, and 8 characters is pretty strong.

And it goes without saying, never write down passwords if you can help it, and always make sure anything you’re typing a password into is an “https”, as that means it’s been transmitted encrypted (this is not 100% security but it’s a lot better than clear text)

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