
How to Pick a (Good) Password
Picking a password is easy, right? Just pick a common word or phrase, like “password” or “iloveyou”, and you are sure to never forget it! Wait, that might be too easy. Okay, how about your anniversary, then? If you cannot remember that one, you have bigger problems! Unfortunately, many people still hold onto these ideas, and it is one of the first lessons taught in Hacking 101. The Oxford English Dictionary contains 171,476 words, and a modern computer can check each of them