• Do not show your password to anyone like your underwear!
• Change your underwear regularly, even your passwords should not last forever!
• Use more than one set of underwear, so use more than one password!

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Before using your new self-generated password, please check it with an online check, which transfers the hash of your password and checks if it has been used before or if it has been found in the Rainbow Tables of hackers.

• The classic: Take the initial letters with upper and lower case of an overlong sentence! results in NSdAmGuKeüS!
• A bit more complex but also very secure: generate a short complex password like ruxos-Mak and combine 2-3 letters of the service you want to protect e.g.: second and last letter of the service and number of letters appended results in for Google: ruxos-Makoe6 for eBay: ruxos-Makey4
• Another variant are classic Password Safe products, such as Roboform or Keepass.
• Likewise, already somewhat forgotten the analog password cards printed out in the wallet always with you.
• Or simply write down your passwords and leave out the first 4-6 letters which remains the same for all passwords and is easy to remember!