The art of a good password
Many people despair when choosing secure passwords, because these should consist of as many randomly chosen characters as possible and be different for each user account. Because this rarely succeeds, Internet providers take subtle precautions to protect their users' data.
You probably know the situation: you register on a website and choose a password that is summarily rejected because it is too simple. After several failures, you finally come up with a long and complicated string of characters. The next time you create an account on a different site, you'll be tempted to use the same combination that's tried and tested before. But then remember the expert advice to use a different password for each purpose. So how about keeping a list near the computer to jot down each addition? This is also warned against. In addition, to be protected in the long term, you should change your passwords regularly.
Most people accept these rules of thumb without questioning them. No wonder, as it takes more than a little common sense to really get through it…
