Honestly, changing your password may not be the best idea just yet. Unless the bug has been patched, changing your password will give any hacker the opportunity to snatch up that new password that you just created.
Also, while we're on the subject of passwords, this is pretty true:
Now, with that said, I'm trying to find a way to streamline the creation of several unique but memorable passwords, sorta like this. I try not to use the same password for everything, but it's difficult to remember more than just a few. There are solutions like encryption apps that use master passwords, but I'm not so sure those services are any better or more secure.
So, here's one idea that I have. To create a password:
Step 1. Pick a number between 0 and 9.
Step 2. Now, use a code similar to this. It could be any code, but just make sure that it's one you can remember.
0 = A
1 = B
2 = C
3 = D
4 = E
5 = F
6 = G
7 = H
8 = I
9 = J
Step 3. Use the letter of the number you picked to determine a keyword, like an African animal. So, if your number was 6, your letter is G. What African animal starts with G? Giraffe. So, your system could be something like this:
0 = A = Antelope
1 = B = BlackRhino
2 = C = Cheetah
3 = D = Dugong
4 = E = Eland
5 = F = FinWhale
6 = G = Giraffe
7 = H = Hippo
8 = I = Impala
9 = J = Jackal
Step 4. Pick another word to use for every password. Like, since we're going with an African theme, let's just use "Busa" for an example.
Step 5. Combine each part with a number that you can remember, like the month of your birthday. So, your password could be something like [animal] + "Busa" + [number] + [month of birthday]. Since my birthday is in February, it would look something like this:
Giraffe + Busa + 6 + 02 =
GiraffeBusa602Or if your number is 3, it could be something like this: Cheetah + Busa + 3 + 02 =
CheetahBusa302If your number is 9, it could be something like this:
JackalBusa902The advantage of this system is that all you need to do is remember this process and the number you picked for each website. Then, you have 10 different passwords to use.
So, Gmail could be a 0. Yahoo could be a 1. MLK could be a 2. Tumblr could be a 3. Your bank account could be a 4, and so on. So, all you have to do is remember a number for each website, and guessing your password is still going to be pretty hard for anyone
except you. Unless someone knows this process that you used, they won't be able to guess any other password of yours, even if they already have one of them.
Forgot your password? As long as you remember this process, you only need 10 trials to guess it. Every password will be [animal respective of number] + "Busa" + [number between 0 and 9] + "02".
If you need at least one symbol in your password, you could just add the symbol respective of the number of the key, like this:
AntelopeBusa102!
BlackRhinoBusa202@
CheetahBusa302#
...and so on.
There are an infinite number of ways to change this process, but as long as you remember it, that's all you need to know. You'll have 10 (mostly) unguessable passwords that you'll be able to remember and use easily.
Thoughts?
Don't worry guys, you'll never guess my future passwords. You'll need to be able to do triple integrals.