Passwords! Passwords! and more Passwords!

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This morning, after putting the washer into action, I sat down in front of my ever-dependable laptop and started my day like usual: check emails, check online banking, peek on my blog and Facebook, check stores online for Christmas, and check my bills. It suddenly occurred to me that I have to remember too many passwords! Password for emails, online banking, my instant messenger, and yet outside the computer world, there's still passwords to remember for my ATM PIN, my own wifi, my cellphone, my iPad, my iPod, the door lock, even the very laptop that I am using is password-protected! It's just amazing how the human brain remembers all these; of course we can't write it down because that would be like courting disaster. Passwords are everywhere, there's this app that acts like a safe-lock which lists and stores all your passwords, but the app itself is also password protected. I don't use the same password twice, most especially to my emails. I did encounter a few mishaps when I forgot my password and I was locked out. Thank goodness my identity still remains mine, that I was able to re-gain my access. Most IT specialists would say that a good password combination is a mix of alphanumeric and a special character. But sometimes, we still encounter people who use their name as their passwords. THere are lots of tips and suggestions on how you can build a pretty strong password. A good example that I have tried is the combination of day and time when my email was created. It is kinda hard to put down to memory but it is something that someone wouldn't be able to guess, unless that someone is right beside you when you did it, or stole your password, or you tell it to them, or they hacked you.