Passwords And User Names

[youneverknow]

I have too many passwords and user names needed to carry out daily functions that I am getting stressed out over all of this.

I have to have a password for banking and username for this account

I have a password and user name for my voice mail box

I have a password and user name for this forum

I have a password and user name for my 8 email accounts

I have a password and user name for my cell phone and Vonage VOIP

I have a password for the Family Only forum

I have a password and user name for FTP my web site

I have a password and user name for TV Guide on line

I have a password even to enter my car. (keyless entry)

How do you set up and REMEMBER all of these?

I had to re-install windows and Firefox yesterday and of course I got so used to having the auto fill turned on that I had to go through the password recovery for almost all the accounts. I know there are password "Vaults" out there but was wondering if any of you clever folks have come up with a easy to use system that I (over 55 years with failing memory) could try out. Did I mention the passwords needed for Ebay and Paypal and what about the password for.....all those others not even mentioned like the NY times and those sex sites where you don't dare give out your real info....any ideas on a simple soulution would be appreciate. Then they tell you to change your passwords frequently.....Help!!!

youneverknow

[LisaJill]

I use OSX's keychain to document them all. *winks*

[TCH-Dick]

I have never used any of the password programs or vaults. I keep my passwords on a password protected USB key

[Gail]

Hi,

 

I am trying out RoboForm - it came highly recommended by a friend.

 

You can find RoboForm here.

 

From another one over 55 and stressed out.

 

Gail

[TCH-Don]

Anypassword is one of the best.

Encrypted data file.

I back mine up to a memory stick.

linked to from our help site under freebies.

[TCH-Bruce]

I use Anypassword like Don does.

[GroovyFish]

Another vote for AnyPassword!

[TCH-Thomas]

A related question...

 

Does anyone know how secure Firefox´s password manager is?

[wampthing]

I've been using any password for a while now and love it

[Ayman]

A related question...

 

Does anyone know how secure Firefox´s password manager is?

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When using a master password, you can't get the passwords back unless you provide the master one, as secure as other options (AnyPassword...) I guess.

[Deverill]

I usually just forget them and use the "forgot password" option.

 

I have a set of 4 passwords that I use on most things. It's not as safe as it should be but...

 

I have one I use as a throwaway - I don't care if the world knows it because it's just for stupid things.

 

I have a second one that's for kinda secure things like email accts, etc.

 

I have a third that's only used places I trust a lot like the bank.

 

I have a fourth that I use for work systems.

 

There are a few others that I use but that's about 80% of all the things I use.

[TCH-Rob]

I do like Mike does, I keep them all on a password protected thumb drive.

[kellybellydotnet]

I have way too many passwords (well over 100), between all my websites, the sites I maintain for others, sites I visit, and all my login info on all the machines and sites I use at work.

 

I've been using KeyPass on my Windows machines to keep everything saved. It's freeware, open source, and encrypts your info. It'll also generate random passwords for you, too.

 

The best thing I like about it is that there is a version for Pocket PCs, so whenever I make any changes on either my PC or PPC, I can copy the database file to the other machine and have all my info in both places.

 

On my home machine (OS X) I use PasswordMaster. I tried to use Keychain for a while, but it just took me too long to look something up when I needed it. I'm sure I'd get used to it if I used it more.

[Samrc]

Another AnyPassword user here.

LOVE IT.

Simple, easy and tiny. No drain on resources.

"It's freeware, open source, and encrypts your info. It'll also generate random passwords for you, too." fits this program too.

 

-Samantha

[DWD]

 

I use SplashID to keep track of personal information such as usernames/passwords, account numbers, etc., which works on my PC and PalmPilot (Tungsten T). It uses 256-bit Blowfish encryption, which in layman's terms means, if I lose my PalmPilot, no one will be able to extract my information. This way I can have all my personal information, not just passwords, with me wherever I go.

[DarqFlare]

Maybe I should look into this... I have one password for everything, save for my engineering account at UNLV that requires a different format...

[rksprst]

Maybe I should look into this... I have one password for everything, save for my engineering account at UNLV that requires a different format...

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Same here, well I have 2, but use only 1 for the majority. My password has a couple symobls, something like #%%=-|; as only a very few password crackers use symbols, that password is relatively safe.

 

Btw, this is the same password that I have used since 5th grade, when the computer lab teacher asked us to come up with a safe password.

[DWD]

The one password option is not very secure. We all have many accounts such as forums (low security) and website logins (high security). You would not want to sign up for some forum run by a kid somewhere because you want to post about something and give that kid your contact info and your one and only password. With enough information that kid could sign into your email, your website or maybe a financial account and wreck havoc. Thus, while I don't have a different password for every login, what I use in forums is different that the complex alphanumeric password I use for my website or brokerage account.