Create Long Passwords With Many Characters
An incredibly easy way to make your passwords stronger is to use special characters.
Sure, you can still use letters and numbers, but make sure to add one or more special characters to make your password as strong as possible. These special characters include “&, *, @, [” and anything else you can think of. Likewise, passwords are case-sensitive, so you can use uppercase and lowercase letters as well. However, try to use these special characters in non-obvious places; hackers are well-aware of how many people use simple substitutions like replacing an “O” with a “0” or an “E” with a “3,” so a password like “Pa55w0rd” isn’t as secure as you might think, and it can be harder to remember which substitutions you made.
Don’t worry about limiting yourself, though. Most systems don’t have a maximum password length, so you can — and should — create longer passwords. However, there’s no need to get too crazy, and one common technique that’s both secure and easy to remember is stringing together three random and unrelated words.
So, for instance, instead of just using “Love” as a password, you can make it longer and stronger by changing it to “love#purple!ducks” Granted, it’ll be a bit harder to remember, but it’ll also be harder to crack as it’s longer, has a few special characters, and isn’t subject to any basic dictionary attacks as the words since even though it’s made up to words, they’re randomly strung together.