Protection against cybercrime: The search for safe passwords

It’s been said the only absolutely safe computers, iPads or smartphones are those without an internet connection, thus rendering them useless but ensuring complete protection from the cyber criminals responsible for sucking an estimated global total of €541.3bn a year from personal and corporate bank accounts.

The only defence users have is the password which, as we are told repeatedly, should be at least 10 characters, comprise a mix of letters and numbers with no suggestion of a simple alphanumeric pattern, different for all of your 27 website and email accounts, give no hint of what might be the names of pets, birthdays and favourite cities, and — to make things really stress-free — easily remembered.