Lets face it – passwords are a pain.  If they are complex enough to be effective, they are hard to remember.  And the number of passwords we need seems to grow daily.  I believe biometrics is the ultimate answer – but for now, passphrases seem to be the easiest way to remember effective passwords. 

Depending on how many characters the password field has, it can actually be a phrase (eg “password=phrase”), or it might be the first character in each word of a phrase.  Try to work some numbers, symbols, and caps in as well.

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