The Truth About Good Passwords In 5 Minutes

Passwords are everywhere these days, and the password overload struggle is real! In an analysis created by Dashlane, a password manager, it appears that in 2019, the average person has 90 different online accounts. This means, 90 times that you struggle to think of good passwords, which you can remember, or, as most people do it, think of one password to unlock them all. Let me tell you straight away: the first option is not a good one (you will not be able to remember 90 good passwords), the second option is simply put plain bad.

Good passwords and medieval cities

Good passwords are not the holy grail, or the all and everything of digital security, but they are a very important component. In these times of Game of Thrones, and other epic movies and series, let’s make the comparison with a medieval city. For the safety and protection, they medieval citizens built big strong walls around the city, and heavy gates to filter those who can come in and those who cannot, or do a total lockdown if needed. The same goes for the castle, and the belfry and the cityhall inside those citywalls. All of them are well protected by heavy walls, and thick heavy doors with big ingenious locks, unable to open without the correct key. But, because creating different keys for every lock in the city is quite a hassle (sounds familiar?), it was decided to create only one key, which fits all locks. And in order to save time and money (sounds familiar too?), the choice was made for a smaller, more generic key…