Stronger Passwords with Chinese
Coming up with a strong password can be as hassle. It has to be something difficult to guess, easy to remember, and must incorporate numbers in some way. For those who know Chinese, however, the solution is simple: pinyinized Chinese words.
Examples: ni3hao3 (hello), zai4jian4 (goodbye), shui3guo3se4la1 (fruit salad), etc
Surely I’m not the only one to have thought of this. Yes? No?
UPDATE: Just in case someone considers doing this, don’t use the Chinese equivalent of “hello” or “goodbye” as your password. Something that easy to guess is not a strong password.
Clever– I never really considered it before. I have one or two passwords i use for everything but with a random set of numbers in each that I understand the pattern to (and which has no pattern but to anyone who would understand the importance to my life.) It’s a good idea though, I’m likely to use it.
↓ Quote | Posted August 10, 2006, 5:49 amhey, that’s neat! even though i speak chinese, had never thought about that. but then, pinyin is such a pain…
↓ Quote | Posted August 10, 2006, 4:51 pmAha I found someone else who does this, works very well. You might need to throw in capital letter but the use of the tone numbers keeps most password checking algorithms happy.
Then you don’t have to remember which letter you turned into a number (was it h3llo or hell0 or he11o ?)
↓ Quote | Posted August 11, 2006, 5:21 amAh, the pitfalls of l33t speak passwords…
↓ Quote | Posted August 11, 2006, 6:12 am