If you’re like most people, you have a few passwords that you use over and over again on many different websites. You know this isn’t secure, yet you do it anyway. Why? Because it’s difficult to remember a unique password for each and every web site that requires one.

The use of good, hard-to-guess passwords can make it difficult for a malicious hacker to break into your computer account. Avoiding predictable keywords and using different methods to introduce variety into your passwords makes it easy for you to remember them but virtually impossible for others to guess them.

First of all, check how strong your password really is. Head over to http://www.passwordmeter.com/ or here and if you password shows as strong I think you dont really need to worry about too many things, if however it shows that your password is kinda weak, medium or really weak, then here are some tips on creating winning passwords.

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Use keywords related to an emotion.

A lot of people use keywords of their passwords as their name or spouse name and things like that, however it is always advised that you use a completely unrelated password that people might not be able to guess, choose something with an emotion attached to it. like your honeymoon, the birth of a child, a new car, a new job.

Example phrases associated with a birth might be blueeyes, hurry, onemorepush, crankyRN, coldbracelet, roomsix and icechips. Ideas associated with a new car could be deepblue, 6CDs, 5speed and 4WheelDrive.

The idea here is that you use a variety of words associated with an event that other people would not readily guess. This should only be the first step, check out the next few steps and make sure the password is water tight.

Substitute numbers for letters based upon their appearance.

If you are a geek, or overly obsessed with cool status messages on Facebook then chances you already mostly use it. With a little imagination, you can visualize numbers that bear resemblance to letters. When you create a password, substitute a number where a letter would appear, according to the chart.

• scuba becomes 5cu8a
• water becomes w4t3r
• icecream becomes 1c3cr34m

Substitute numbers for letters based upon their location on the keyboard.

The uppermost row of letters on the keyboard, QWERTYUIOP, has a row of numbers right above it: 1234567890. You can substitute a number for a corresponding letter according to this chart. So when you create a password, carry out the substitution from the chart.

Some examples:

• scuba becomes sc7ba
• purple becomes 07r0l3
• rocket becomes 49ck35

Consistently capitalize the nth letter(s) of your password.

Some systems require that at least one character be uppercase. Many people capitalize the first character, but this is too predictable. Instead, always capitalize the second, third or fourth letter, or perhaps always the last or next-to-last. Some examples: huRry, roCky, puRple, roCket.

For further interest, you can capitalize more than one letter, for instance the first and third, or the second and fourth.

Consider using a software to manage your passwords

Its difficult trying to get so much and think so much to make a password for every site that you visit, so you might as well use a good password manager. Like they say, this is the last password that you every need to remember. The last pass extension will generate all the difficult passwords as well as generate difficult passwords. They also store it in an encrypted form. But without your primary password it would be difficult for them to access any of it and they dont store that password.

Have a look at some of the videos below to get a better idea of what it does.

The Why ?

The How ?

Of all the password management utilities out there, I consider LastPass the most elegant compromise between convenience and security, and if you’re not using it already, I recommend you start. Especially if you are a Google Chrome User like I am.

Last but not the least I would like to leave you all with a couple of comparisons of passwords, one being women and other underwear. Quite a spectrum one would think.

Passwords are like women :

• you should have as many of them as you can
• you should change them as often as you can
• you should never share them with another man

And Passwords are also like Underwear :