--- title: Passwords 🔑 date: 2024-08-24 layout: internet tags: - safe --- Having a secure Password is the most important part of your online security, so how do you keep and know a good password? * * * ## Password managers In the modern day you do not need to remember your passwords thanks to password managers! But what password managers can you turst and use? I only suggest one password manager, that being [KeePassXC](https://keepassxc.org), and the reason why I suggest KeePassXC is because the source code is available to view so you know you can trust it, and the other reason why I suggest using KeePassXC is because it is offline, meaning nobody can hack an online account; instead, they have to obtain the password.kdbx file on your computer, which is harder to do than hacking an online account. Due to the fact that KeePassXC works offline with a .kdbx file, I suggest having a spare USB stick with a backup on it just in case it gets deleted for whatever reason. Syncing all of your passwords between devices is easy with KeePassXC; I just use [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) to do so. It is easy to setup, and I have never had any issues with it! * * * ## What makes a good password? A good password should be made up of totally random charicters that have no relation to you as a person. An example of a weak password would be: > Grace'sPassword123 And an example of a strong password would be: > {gÙIjWÝ0ó{Ðö÷åQü9+òÀË×?̯Áv Now you might see why you should have a password manager, so it can remember stuff like this for you! I do suggest your password to be longer than 16 charicters!