STOP USING PASSWORDS (use passphrases instead)
When is a password not a password? When it’s a passphrase. These are combinations of words that, if chosen correctly, are a much smarter way of staying safe than using passwords. At least, that’s the advice from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). It recently recommended using three-word phrases because they’re easier to remember than a random string of numbers, letters and characters.
The NCSC also said that complicating your password with symbols is flawed because hackers use algorithms to spot them. So while ‘P@$$w0rd’ is more secure than ‘Password’, it’s still easy to crack. But that doesn’t mean you should pick any three-word phrase. Using ‘I love you’ is about as safe as posting a set of your
