Strong Passwords You Can Actually Remember
A strong password is mostly about length. A short password with symbols can still be guessed quickly, while a long one made of ordinary words takes far longer to crack — and you can actually remember it.
Use a phrase, not a word
Pick four or five unrelated words and join them, then add a number and a symbol somewhere in the middle. “Correct horse battery staple” became famous as an example precisely because it is long and memorable; make your own version with words that mean something only to you.
Never reuse the important ones
Reusing one password everywhere means one leak opens every account. At minimum, give your email, banking and main social accounts passwords that exist nowhere else. Email matters most, because a stolen inbox can reset the rest.
Let a generator do the random part
For accounts you rarely type by hand, a random password is better than a clever one. Generate a long password — 16 characters or more, with mixed case, numbers and symbols — and store it in a password manager instead of trying to memorise it.
Check before you trust it
Run a new password through a strength checker and look at what it complains about: too short, no mixed case, no symbol. Fix the complaint it names rather than adding symbols at random. And never type a real password into a checker on a site you do not trust — the checker here runs in your browser and stores nothing.