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Cloud 02-05-2011 09:32 AM

Where do you keep your passwords?
 
I'm not asking for specifics of course (btw, where do you keep the extra cash in your house), but I'm looking for tips for the safest and easiest to way to handle them.

I must have 75 different internet passwords and codes and stuff. Sites are requiring changes to passwords to keep them stronger, they recommend changing them periodically--it's hard to keep track.

Do you just hand write them down? Use passwords software, or what? Do you change them periodically? Do you have a system?

Bullitt 02-05-2011 09:40 AM

Firefox and Chrome both have good password managers built in. I typically use that. Then for a few specific sites, like my online banking, I tell it to not remember those and I just go from memory. 75 different passwords is nuts! Take the opportunity of having to change them to consolidate maybe?

Cloud 02-05-2011 09:44 AM

well, not 75 different passwords, sorry; I mean different accounts and log ins which require them. Many I don't use anymore, and am getting ready to consolidate and change too

HungLikeJesus 02-05-2011 09:59 AM

I use Microsoft OneNote for keeping track of passwords, site info and a lot of other stuff. I also use it for work research.

You can password-protect individual tabs

Clodfobble 02-05-2011 10:31 AM

I have a text document that lists all the sites I've been to that have passwords, and then a code that indicates to me what the actual password is (most are derivative in some way from a base password; I'm not that creative.) This was extremely helpful last year when one of my email addresses was compromised and I had to change my passwords to everything, since I had a list of exactly where I needed to go.

zippyt 02-05-2011 12:00 PM

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jimhelm 02-05-2011 12:08 PM

lollie

footfootfoot 02-05-2011 01:06 PM

Lmao

Cloud 02-05-2011 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 709950)
I have a text document that lists all the sites I've been to that have passwords, and then a code that indicates to me what the actual password is (most are derivative in some way from a base password; I'm not that creative.) This was extremely helpful last year when one of my email addresses was compromised and I had to change my passwords to everything, since I had a list of exactly where I needed to go.

this is pretty much what I do now. just wondering what other options are out there.

skysidhe 02-05-2011 04:14 PM

hahaha zypp!

smoothmoniker 02-05-2011 06:40 PM

I use an app called 1password. It integrates with Dropbox, so I can have all my passwords on all computers, including iPhone.

It also stores encrypted notes.

Gravdigr 02-06-2011 02:58 AM

Sadly, I only use the password/user name rememberer that comes w/Firefox.

Rhianne 02-06-2011 08:34 AM

I write them in a book.

Pete Zicato 02-06-2011 11:05 AM

My method is pretty geeky but works for me. I use Vim (a vi clone) for text editing anyway. It works well with gpg (the gnu encrypt/decrypt utility).

glatt 02-06-2011 11:31 AM

Scraps of paper near the computer.


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