We would like to teach you a new strategy for generating secure passwords. The following video describes this strategy.
Try generating one password to make sure you understood the method.
3Words
Wildcard
Special String
computer-moustache-jellybox
x
B7!
Website
Password
xylophone
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Correct!
x goes to c.
x appears in jellybox. Wrap around to find the letter after it which is c.
y goes to b.
y appears in jellybox. You should output the consonant after it which is b.
l goes to l.
l appears in jellybox. You should output the consonant after it which is l.
o goes to m.
o appears in computer. You should output the consonant after it which is m.
p goes to t.
p appears in computer. You should output the consonant after it which is t.
h goes to j.
h appears in moustache. You should output the consonant after it which is j in jellybox.
o goes to m.
o appears in computer. You should output the consonant after it which is m.
n goes to x.
n does not appear in the word sequnece, so you should output the wildcard x.
e goes to r.
e appears in computer. You should output the consonant after it which is r.
Add the string B7! to the end of your password.
Great! You just learned a new strategy for generating secure passwords. In the next page, we will ask you to design such a method for yourself.
Next
Now we are going to ask you to choose three words that are easy for you to remember and cover at least 15 different letters of the alphabet. For example, computer-moustache-jellybox is an adequate three words as it covers the 16 letters abcehjlmoprstuxy, while the three words
dog-cat-bird only cover the 9 letters abcdgiort.
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We crossed out the letters of the alphabet that you used.
Choose a letter as the wildcard:
Choose a special string that contains an uppercase letter, a number and a special character:
Validate
GREAT! Now try to generate a couple of passwords using the method that you learned.
Website
Password
amazon
bestbuy
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Correct!
Given a website name, e.g., apple, generate your password as follows:
Start at the first letter of apple, ( a ).
Find the first occurrence of the letter in your word sequence and output the next consonant.
If the letter does not appear in your word sequence, output the wildcard.
If the letter is the last letter in your word sequence, wrap around.
Repeat on the remaining letters of apple till you reach the end.
Attach the special string.
Try generating passwords
Let's try this method to generate passwords for a few websites. Try to remember the information that you memorized and type passwords on your own. Don't worry if you get the password wrong; we won't reject you based on your performance. We only want to evaluate the usability of our method. If you couldn't remember something, click on the green hint buttons.
Website Name
Password
Begin
Show my words
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Given a website name, e.g., apple , generate your password as follows:
Start at the first letter of apple, ( a ).
Find the first occurrence of the letter in your word sequence and output the next consonant.
If the letter does not appear in your word sequence, output the wildcard.
If the letter is the last letter in your word sequence, wrap around.
Repeat on the remaining letters of apple till you reach the end,