Passphrasesare based on a combination of multiple real words. Uncommon words with character-swapping and random characters mixed in have been used in the past, like “Tr1Ck” for “trick” or “84sk37b4LL” for “basketball”. Algorithm hacks know this method now, so better passphrases a...
Avoid using things that have a strong association with you (such as your initials or birthday). Instead, take a phrase you can remember and transform it into a strong password by replacing letters, removing vowels, or only using the first letter of each word in the phrase. Then, practice ...
One example of a mnemonic device is the Person-Action-Object (PAO) method developed by Carnegie Mellon computer scientists. Simply select an image or photograph of a memorable person performing an action with or to an object—and then put them all together to construct a phrase (however amusing...