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caffeinator
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Re: Stupid User Tricks: Password Selection - "WORD1"
I use "normal" length and complexity passwords on the average sites, althought I don't use anything less than 8 chars and mixedcase with numbers.
I have a textfile for the really long ones like banking and Paypal.
Those ones are mixed-case alphanumeric with symbols and over 12 chars long. (one is over 32chars)
I Copy/Paste 'em, so no worries. 
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angussf
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| said by caffeinator  :I have a textfile for the really long ones like banking and Paypal. IIWY I would get some sort of encrypted password store instead of a text file. I use a Palm device, so I use YAPS with the YAPSviewer program on my desktop that allows me to cut-and-paste from the datastore. There are other packages, including OSS ones like KeePass Password Safe
»keepass.info/ so cost shouldn't be a concern here. That way you memorize ONE long complex password (to the password database) and look up all the rest, yet if someone steals your computer / laptop / PIM device, you haven't lost anything. | |
caffeinator
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| said by angussf :IIWY I would get some sort of encrypted password store instead of a text file. I use a Palm device, so I use YAPS with the YAPSviewer program on my desktop that allows me to cut-and-paste from the datastore. There are other packages, including OSS ones like KeePass Password Safe » keepass.info/ so cost shouldn't be a concern here. That way you memorize ONE long complex password (to the password database) and look up all the rest, yet if someone steals your computer / laptop / PIM device, you haven't lost anything. Yeah, that's true..I should try that at some time.
In my situation, it's not much of a risk, as nobody else is ever here, and it's only a couple passwords. Also, they're not easily identified as such, just a couple lines amongst 100's of lines of other text.
I know what line it is, but others wouldn't. 
Most all of my website passwords are kept in Opera's Wand.
(yeah, I know it's only MD5 hashed and can be recovered easy enough, but the chance of anyone getting to my computer three flights up in a locked security building is slim.)
Could my system be penetrated?
Maybe, but it hasn't happened yet in 15 years.
Besides, I have no money in the bank to take, no CC's, no credit, Nada. GL with stealing my identity..it'd be of no use to anyone. The only time I ever worried was when I got my wallet stolen awhile ago...much more bothersome than worrying over computer passwords IMO.
Simply put, I don't live like "normal" folks, so a lot of those rules aren't needed for me.
Thanks for mentioning it though.
-CaFF
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