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I like to take a long phrase (usually some lyrics from a song) and convert it in to a mnemonic. By combining the first letter of each word in the phrase, and co

I like to take a long phrase (usually some lyrics from a song) and convert it in to a mnemonic. By combining the first letter of each word in the phrase, and converting some of them in to numbers or symbols, I am left with a relatively secure password that it easy to remember. For instance... "Cause I know that time has numbered my days And I'll go along with everything you say" Becomes... ciktthnmdaigaweys Becomes... c1k77hnmd41g4w3y5 I use this system for all of my passwords. I try to use a different password as often as possible and never have to write them down. Frequently used passwords have gotten to the point where inputing them is an exercise in muscle memory.

shawabawa3 13y ago
ugh that looks horrendous. I tried this out at one point with a song lyric that was around 7 words. Took me about 20 seconds each time to type the password (had to sing the song in my head every single time). Now I just use the xkcd method. e.g. forest monkey jump truck I have a different password for everything, which is something like 50 different passwords. I know around ~15 of them by heart - the rest I almost never use (I store them on google drive behind 2FA for when I need them)
- data-cat 13y ago
  Lol yea passwords that are not frequently used can take a while to input. I do sing the song in my head almost every time. What I would really like to do is program a simple command line application that would generate and store all of my passwords. I started on one a while ago but never finished it; its on my to do list.