[LaneyDoll]

Originally Posted by dreadgeek

1) Creating a strong password. I use a cipher technique to make any password that I think I might have to type in (like the password to login to my laptop or my workstation). Take a word or phrase you will remember, then shift your keystrokes in some direction. For example, if you take applepie (which would be a horrible password) and shift it up and left you get
Q00o3083. If you want to be really crafty you can change some of those numbers into symbols so Q00o#)83. Now, someone attempting to break your password has to to determine what your starting word is and what your cipher scheme is. With this, even an 8-character password becomes unguessable by sheer luck or brute force.

I love this! I can take my fave passwords, move my fingers up to another row ot two of keys and still have the familiarity of the keystrokes, without the security risk of my "fave passwords."