Only Five Percent of Users Have Non-Letter Characters in Their Passwor

[NoN]

hey, i just realize your on a querty keyboard...i'm on an azerty one...

I understand the result but it will takes time to fake the taping....i'll try........

 

[hello people]

Passwords for what? Banking? Online banking? Forums?

 

[articslayer]

hmmm my password is my xx and my xxxxxx and then I put a xxxx and add 2 xxxs and subtract the first three xxx's and add 789 to the end

 

[hello people]

Hey we have the same password then!

 

[articslayer]

This is a great forum!!!! After two days of using win7 I am gonna need it!! Thanks all..

 

[blue skies]

8e0h53f3hih02j60qww204e =
idontevenknowmypassword

That's an interesting way to create a password. I'm not sure if I would be consistent enough typing it though. I tried your phrase and noticed my 0s were 9s instead:

8e9h53f3hih92j60qww294e compared to:
8e0h53f3hih02j60qww204e

It's a cool idea though, and I may try some practice phrases in the future to see if I can get the same results repeatedly. Thanks for sharing that.

 

[mickey megabyte]

1t'5 r34l 345y 2 1nc0rp0r8 numb3r5 1n2 y0ur pa55w0rd5.

 

[blackzero]

I'm in the 5% too thanks. xD

But only for important accounts as I don't use the same password across the sites and having to remember the passwords could very well be difficult.

Yes I memorize them all and don't write them down on the paper or something.

 

[EzioAuditore]

1t'5 r34l 345y 2 1nc0rp0r8 numb3r5 1n2 y0ur pa55w0rd5.

"It's real easy to incorporate numbers into your passwords."This thread more or less has become a password tutorial.

 

[Lebon14]

I am in both 95% and 5% /o/

 

[si8mon]

Here's a Microsoft password strength site.

https://www.microsoft.com/protect/fraud/passwords/checker.aspx?WT.mc_id=Site_Link

Dont know how good it is though, as my password is all lower-case letters and it rates my password as "strong".

 

[madtownidiot]

A strong password is a password that meets the following guidelines:

• Is a multiple of seven characters long, due to the way in which encryption works. For obvious reasons, at least fourteen characters are preferable.
• Contain both uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Contain numbers.
• Contain symbols, such as ` ! " ? $ ? % ^ & * ( ) _ - + = { [ } ] : ; @ ' ~ # | \ < , > . ? /
• Contain a symbol in the second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth position (due to the way in which encryption works).
• Not resemble any of your previous passwords.
• Not be your name, your friend's or family member's name, or your login.
• Not be a dictionary word or common name, even if it's misspelled

 

[Jacee]

I'm in the 5% ...
Phrase plus
Contain both uppercase and lowercase letters.
Contain numbers.
Contain symbols, such as ` ! " ? $ ? % ^ & * ( ) _ - + = { [ } ] : ; @ ' ~ # | \ < , > . ? /
Contain a symbol in the second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth position (due to the way in which encryption works).

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there
97% of the password decryptors will fail even if you do something really simple like just putting an ! as the 1st character in your password.

You don't need convoluted or impossible to remember passwords -- just start with a NON alphanumeric charcter and mix upper and lower case plus have a numeral or two.

Use standard "Roman" letters and symbols if you travel since you might not be able to type "National" characters on a keyboard at a Work computer at logon time if you work outside your own country.

Cheers

jimbo