In today's tech world, we all have a million passwords for a million different accounts. Your bank account, your online scheduling account, your business Facebook page... and these are just a handful that are only for your massage therapy business. How do you remember or keep track of them all?! Especially when they are cryptic words with special characters, a specific amount of numbers, some lowercase letters mixed with some uppercase letters....
Well, good news. There's a new school of thought on what makes a strong password.
Previously, security experts recommended the use of password manager apps to ensure users' accounts were protected.
"The old wisdom... we found that it does everything negative for usability and really, not a whole heck of a lot for security." - Paul Grassi on All Tech Considered
The new suggestions for what makes a strong password are:
- Long passwords
- phrases
- spaces
- lowercase typical words, no need for uppercase letters mixed in
- no need for special characters
- no expiration
It's suggested to have a password manager. There are lots of useful apps available to store your passwords and make your life easier. That combined with the new rules for what makes a strong password, I think we can all breathe a little easier and stop putting so much energy into creating and remembering our keys to all of our accounts!
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