It wasn't always this way. I had horrible password standards as I'm sure most of us did when we started out on computers. - If it's a website I couldn't care a

It wasn't always this way. I had horrible password standards as I'm sure most of us did when we started out on computers. - If it's a website I couldn't care about, I use a simple password, probably a remnant from growing up. - If it's a website I'm concerned about but knowingly won't use, I create a random password and clipboard it during initial creation/login, then every time I use the website I reset it (lazy man's password generator) - If it's a website that I care about, like HN, I have a loose pattern that I follow that includes symbols and numbers (that's the 30ish character I was referencing). Every website is unique. - Financial accounts have their own set of rules (unless it's stupid and has, say, an 8 character limit) - My main email accounts get special treatment with an exceptionally long password. - Use two-factor authentication wherever possible. And yes, I could replace this with: - Password manager - Two-factor authentication E: grammar.