> A better trick than writing them down is to pick a "strong" password
> by initialising a phrase and then adding a numerical index in the
> middle of it.
>
> "I love to eat at the oyster bar" could be:
>
> iLteat315OB
>
> When it comes time to change your password, increment the 315 to 316.
>
> Some systems have a rule to thwart this trick: they require more than
> one character to be different. A way around that is to also increment
> after which word the index number occurs. If you need a
> non-alphanumeric character, you can make sure your initialised phrase
> contains an "a", "s", or "i" and then substitute the "@", "$", or "!"
> characters, respectively. So the above password would be:
>
> iLte at t315OB
>
> Or just use a tool like KeePass and put the password data file in a
> folder synced to the cloud with a program like Dropbox; if you
> change passwords at home/work/smartphone you are only maintaining one
> copy. :)
Smashing capital, one password at a time.
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