Many of the beliefs we have around what constitutes a “good” password are created by what default policies in software, such as Microsoft, teach us. We are led to believe that a minimum length of 8 characters, a good mixture of UPPER and lower-case, numbers characters automatically make a good password. So what constitutes a strong, but also an easy password to remember? Are they in conflict with each other? Not necessarily.
Let’s delve a little into the analysis behind today’s passwords.

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