Modern survival isn't just about food, water and warmth. You have to protect yourself on the your computer and on electronic systems that control most of what goes on in modern life and the first line of defense is usually setting up a password. In this some are clearly better than others. Surprisingly longer is not always better, and harder to remember passwords are not necessarily any better than easy remember ones.

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