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# Salting Passwords

> A practical approach to creating unique passwords by combining a standard password with part of the domain name as a salt.

Create unique passwords by combining a standard base password with part of the domain name as a "salt" — more secure than reusing the same password everywhere, and more practical than managing entirely unique passwords.

## What this piece is

A short practical tip on password management. Rather than using the same password everywhere or relying solely on a password manager, the piece proposes combining a standard password with part of the website domain name as a "salt" to create unique passwords that are both memorable and more secure.

Originally published on [Medium](https://medium.com/@jamesvarga/salting-passwords-we-are-all-guilty-of-using-the-same-password-because-its-just-easier-but-is-7906ae37017d), September 2023.

## What is the core idea?

Most people reuse passwords because managing unique ones is inconvenient. A middle-ground approach uses a consistent base password combined with part of the domain name to create a unique password for each site. This is not the strongest security approach — a dedicated password manager is better — but it is significantly more secure than reusing the same password everywhere and easier to adopt.

## Related pages

* [Open banking and identity](/knowledge/open-banking/index) — identity and trust infrastructure
* [Thoughts](/content/thoughts/index)
* [Identity and trust infrastructure in open banking](/knowledge/open-banking/identity-and-trust) — identity and security

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