Yes,thank you. Exactly what I was thinking. Anything you can think of as an algorithm, someone else can think of too, and then they can test that instead of going through billions of combinations.
There's only two good pieces of password advice:
Use long, randomly generated passwords (16+ characters).
Don't use the same password on more than one site.
This can be accomplished with KeePass, LastPass, and there such utilities.
My LastPass master password is a randomly generated long password containing upper and lowercase letters, symbols and numbers. Yes it was difficult to memorize, but its the only password I need to remember. Everything else uses a random unique password that I don't have to remember.
There's only two good pieces of password advice:
Use long, randomly generated passwords (16+ characters). Don't use the same password on more than one site.
This can be accomplished with KeePass, LastPass, and there such utilities.