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I have about 3 or 4 (it was 5 - until the bloody Playstation Network got hacked, dropped that one like a hot potato!) passwords that range from rather weak (usually when I just need a password for something inconsequential) to very strong. I did have an ultra strong one - the PSN one. Then again, my very strong one is still pretty good and would take a fair while to break.

There's also a few variations of the 4 passwords I do have for certain websites - usually ones which VERY annoyingly don't allow symbols (yeah, because who give a **** about security) or offer something small like 10 character password limits (again, who cares about security?)

My weakest one, is still 11 characters long. While I'm not going to social engineer myself, it gives you a small insight into how I handle my password security if my weakest one is 11 characters ;)

I have a random little pattern for my passwords, something like:

[first two letters of site name] + [main password] + [length of site name as a number] + [punctuation mark depending on TLD]

They all mostly the same main password in the middle but with some extra strength around it, which means I likely won't ever forget them but still being different enough that even if someone steals one they probably won't work out the rest...

It's obviously not that pattern though :p

Very similar system here

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