Passwords certainly can be hard to remember. The best tend to be those that use memorable words that we alter to follow rules, for example: ‘f@Th3r’ (e becomes ‘3’, @ becomes ‘a’ and ‘t’ is a capital ‘T’). However, using different password for every single web service we use and every machine we log in to, isn’t always practical.

It’s a good idea to use an extension such as Lastpass for web services (http://lastpass.com), which encrypts passwords and then makes them accessible with one master. Then, we just have to change our desktop and master periodically.