Where do you keep your passwords?

Cloud · 02-05-2011, 09:32 AM

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

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.

02-05-2011, 09:32 AM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	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? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

02-05-2011, 09:40 AM	#2
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	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? __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

02-05-2011, 09:44 AM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	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 __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

02-05-2011, 09:59 AM	#4
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	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 __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-05-2011, 10:31 AM	#5
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02-05-2011, 12:00 PM	#6
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02-05-2011, 06:40 PM	#11
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	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. __________________ to live and die in LA

02-06-2011, 02:58 AM	#12
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02-06-2011, 08:34 AM	#13
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	I write them in a book.

02-06-2011, 11:05 AM	#14
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	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). __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

02-06-2011, 11:31 AM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Scraps of paper near the computer.

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