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How about passwords not English words but written using Latin alphabet ? Like mer@s@nket!k$habd (Hindi for "my password") ?

Bet that would be harder to crack and still easier to remember for a multi-lingual person.

In fact if non-latin alphabet is widely supported for entering password, it would make them a bit more secure I feel.



It's dangerous to choose anything someone else might choose. My favourite technique for good passwords is to think of a memorable phrase (preferably with numbers) and take the initial letter of each word.

"I can sleep at Nandos, providing I pay $100 for that"

Ics@N,pIp$100ft


Yes, the non-latin alphabet in particular probably helps a great deal, if you use a substantial portion of it. The Hindi words probably less so, since they are just as likely to end up in dictionaries of common password fragments.




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