My Password Advice

Main rule: How secret is the thing I want to protect the password with?

• Use Two-Factor-Authentication wherever possible.
• The longer and more different characters, the better.
• Choose characters that do not form words to protect against dictionary attacks.
• Choose something that is not related to you to protect against social engineering attacks.
• Choose different passwords for different accounts.
• Use a trusted password manager for convenience.
• Choose a strong password for your e-mail account, because almost all other passwords can be reset by e-mail.

My Personal Tips

• Use the first letters of your favourite song text or movie quote.
• The quote should contain special characters in the best case.
• Use words you spelled wrong as a child.
• Youtuber’s and Twitch streamer’s names are often a good pick as they often contain special characters, are easy to remember and the words are uncommonly found in a dictionary. Just don’t choose someone too popular
• Use an adress (state + zip code, street + house number for extra security) that is not related to you
• If you want to use similar passwords for different accounts, use a hashing method.