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  <tittel>How to make safe passwords</tittel>
  <forfatter>ninaul</forfatter>
  <sammendrag>Learn how to make good and safe passwords</sammendrag>



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<os2>1. What is a safe password? </os2>
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A safe and good password should fulfil these requirements:
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<li>It's easy for you to remember</li>
<li>It's hard for others to guess</li>
<li>It should fulfil the requirements <infoweb aid="233" tittel="How to change your password"> listed on this page.</infoweb></li>
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<tegn symbol="quot"/>Vibeke<tegn symbol="quot"/> og <tegn symbol="quot"/>r7U2*Qnp<tegn symbol="quot"/> 
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. </avsnitt>


<os2>2. How to combine the requirements </os2>

<os3>Change the order of the letters</os3>
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Base your password on an actual word, and then change the order the letters drastically. 

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<uthev>Here's an example:</uthev> In the case of  <tegn symbol="quot"/>rabbit<tegn symbol="quot"/>, you can change the letters until you get <tegn symbol="quot"/>ibrabt<tegn symbol="quot"/> or <tegn symbol="quot"/>abtirb<tegn symbol="quot"/>.
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<os3>Change syllables with numbers</os3>
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Base your password on an actual word, then change some of the syllables with numbers. 
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<uthev>Example:</uthev> In the case of <tegn symbol="quot"/>rabbit<tegn symbol="quot"/>, you can change <tegn symbol="quot"/>bit<tegn symbol="quot"/> with <tegn symbol="quot"/>8<tegn symbol="quot"/>, and get <tegn symbol="quot"/>rab8<tegn symbol="quot"/>.
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<os3>Change syllables with letters</os3>
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Change syllables with other letters that sounds the same. 
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<li><tegn symbol="quot"/>see<tegn symbol="quot"/> can be changed with <tegn symbol="quot"/>c<tegn symbol="quot"/></li>
<li><tegn symbol="quot"/>be<tegn symbol="quot"/> can be changed with <tegn symbol="quot"/>b<tegn symbol="quot"/></li>
<li>And so on..</li>
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<os3>Change characters that look similar</os3>
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Change characters that look similar.  For example:
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<ul>
<li>1, l og I (cipher 1, small L og big i)</li>
<li>0, O (cipher 0 og big o)</li>
</ul>


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<uthev>Example:</uthev> <tegn symbol="quot"/>name<tegn symbol="quot"/> can become <tegn symbol="quot"/>n4m3<tegn symbol="quot"/>
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<os3>Combine large and small letters</os3>
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Let some of the letters in your password be small, and others large. 
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<uthev>Example:</uthev> <tegn symbol="quot"/>rabbit<tegn symbol="quot"/> can become <tegn symbol="quot"/>rABbIt<tegn symbol="quot"/>
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<os3>Combine all the past tips</os3>
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Use as many as the tips mentioned above when you start the making of your very own password. 
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<uthev>Example:</uthev> <tegn symbol="quot"/>rabbits<tegn symbol="quot"/> can become <tegn symbol="quot"/>t5r1abB<tegn symbol="quot"/>
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<os2>3. How to make the actual password</os2>
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By following the tips provided above, the process of making the password may be: 

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<ul>
<li>Find a sentence who is easy to remember (for example <tegn symbol="quot"/>ten teacups<tegn symbol="quot"/>)</li>
<li>use the tips to make it cryptic (for example <tegn symbol="quot"/>tCpsU_01<tegn symbol="quot"/>)</li>
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<os3>Horrible passwords</os3>
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It's sad, but true: almost everybody has passwords who are absolutely useless, which makes it easier to hack into accounts.

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For more information on the problems bad passwords can bring, read our article on
 <infoweb aid="232" tittel="Bad passwords">bad passwords</infoweb>.
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