if you want your password to be hard to guess, you should choose something not on any of the root or appendage lists. You should mix upper and lowercase in the middle of your root. You should add numbers and symbols in the middle of your root, not as common substitutions. Or drop your appendage in the middle of your root. Or use two roots with an appendage in the middle.
I've noticed that Bible references tend to score well on those sites (eg a university) which assess how secure a password is likely to be. Another good use for all those memory verses? Especially if you use your own abbreviations or even substitutions or put it into a foreign language. Such things meet the criteria that the Wired article are suggesting ...
Wired News: Secure Passwords Keep You Safer: Filed in: security, computing, passwords
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