Click on this video to learn the Three Word Strategy in less than 4 minutes!
Try to generate one password to make sure you understood the method.
3Words
computer-moustache-jellybox
Wildcard
x
Special String
B7!
Website
xylophone
password
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 one letter as the wildcard:
Choose a special string that contains an uppercase letter, a number and a special character:
Great!
Now try to generate a couple of passwords using the method that you learned.
Website
amazon
bestbuy
password
Try again!
Correct!
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. If you couldn't remember something, click on the hint buttons.
Website Name
pillow
password
3Words
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computer-moustache-jellybox
Wildcard
x
Special String
B7!
Correct!
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.
Given a website name, e.g., apple, generate your password as follows:
Start at the first letter, (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.
Please try again and press the check button.
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 ll appears in jellybox. You should output the consonant after it which is b.
o goes to mo appears in computer. You should output the consonant after it which ism.
p goes to t.p appears in jellybox. You should output the consonant after it which is t.
h goes to j.happears 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 stringB7! to the end of your password.
Awesome!! You are all set.
Text instructions
Select three random words, e.g., by opening a dictionary on a random page, e.g.,computer, moustache, jellybox
Memorize these three words as a fixed sequence, e.g., computer moustache jellybox
Memorize the ending B7! (or one of your choice). This is important to make all of your passwords meet the requirements of different websites.
Pick a random letter and memorize it. This is your wildcard, e.g., x
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 computer-moustache-jellybox and output the next consonant (c). If the letter does not appear in your word sequence, output the wildcard x.
Repeat on the remaining letters of apple till you reach the end, ( apple --> cttlr )
Attach your ending: apple --> cttlrB7! . This is your password!
