How to make safe passwords

1. What is a safe password?

A safe and good password should fulfil these requirements:

• It's easy for you to remember
• It's hard for others to guess
• It should fulfil the requirements listed on this page.

"Vibeke" og "r7U2*Qnp" is respectively a password that is easy for you to remember and a passord that is hard for others to guess, but combining the two is easier said than done.

2. How to combine the requirements

Change the order of the letters

Base your password on an actual word, and then change the order the letters drastically.

Here's an example: In the case of "rabbit", you can change the letters until you get "ibrabt" or "abtirb".

Change syllables with numbers

Base your password on an actual word, then change some of the syllables with numbers.

Example: In the case of "rabbit", you can change "bit" with "8", and get "rab8".

Change syllables with letters

Change syllables with other letters that sounds the same.

• "see" can be changed with "c"
• "be" can be changed with "b"
• And so on..

Change characters that look similar

Change characters that look similar. For example:

• 1, l og I (cipher 1, small L og big i)
• 0, O (cipher 0 og big o)

Example: "name" can become "n4m3"

Combine large and small letters

Let some of the letters in your password be small, and others large.

Example: "rabbit" can become "rABbIt"

Combine all the past tips

Use as many as the tips mentioned above when you start the making of your very own password.

Example: "rabbits" can become "t5r1abB"

3. How to make the actual password

By following the tips provided above, the process of making the password may be:

• Find a sentence who is easy to remember (for example "ten teacups")
• use the tips to make it cryptic (for example "tCpsU_01")

Horrible passwords

It's sad, but true: almost everybody has passwords who are absolutely useless, which makes it easier to hack into accounts.
For more information on the problems bad passwords can bring, read our article on bad passwords.