Another single tech class week – this time because of the Camp Sealth trip. On Thursday we read about a famous musician who’s life was upset for over a year because of a weak password choice for his email account. As a group, the 6th grade decided that a good password:

  • isn’t a word found in the dictionary
  • is 8 characters or more
  • contains numbers, upper and lowercase letters and special characters
  • is memorable

Students also came up with some tips for creating a good password:

  • Substitute zero instead of the letter “o” – e.g., f00lishz0rr0
  • Substitute one instead of the letter “i” – e.g., S1llyF1sh
  • Use letter-word substitutions – e.g., URfunniest, tech4ever
  • Use a sentence – e.g., Iwbi1996 (I was born in 1996)

Original article: Wired.com* Article contains direct quotations with a few instances of adult language.