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Strong passwords help folks make their devices and accounts more secure. But by making them complex and hard to guess, it also ends up being much harder to remember in the first place.

While everyone sure does need effective passwords, it would be useless if we just ended up forgetting them every time we try to log in.

Strong Password: How to Create One

But before learning how to remember effective passwords, let's dive in on how to create a strong one.

To begin with, most of us are guilty of using a single password for most of our accounts.

And we do it to help us remember it wherever we may try to log in to grapple with a thing so-called password-fatigue, as per an article by NBC News.

But reusing passwords in multiple accounts is a dangerous habit to do. Well, if a single account gets exposed to cyberattacks, hackers potentially take over your other accounts.

Essentially, using the same password over and over again only makes hackers' life much easier. So, a sparsely used credential is not a strong one.

Not to mention that an effective password needs to be something that countless other users are not currently using.

Here are some of the most common passwords that users globally are using. NBC News reports that the classic "123456" is still the most used.

Other similar variants also top the worst password ranking, such as "123456789," "Password," "12345678," and "12345." Lousy combinations like "123abc" and "iloveyou" still made it to the list.

So if you are looking to create strong passwords, stay away from these lousy variants. Surely, one that has "123" in it is a no-no.

Instead, NBC News suggests that the strong password would have at least 12 characters.

But that's not all. It should also include varying upper and lower case, along with some symbols and numbers.

It would also be best to avoid anything that has to do with your personal information like your birthday or your Social Security.

How to Remember Strong Passwords

But now that you have created a complex and random password, it would be much harder to recall.

According to a report by PC Mag, a password could still be long and complex yet memorable.

And to do so, it should be based on a song or poem that you know by heart. But to make it strong, it needs to include an unrelated word with an easy-to-remember story or imagery.

To make it complex, it also needs to have easy-to-type symbols and numbers. Tip: try replacing some letters with special characters.

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Written by Teejay Boris