LooseSuits Thread: How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

leliathomas — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:12:25

My password is "password" usually.

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

Microft — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:22:31

I have a different one for everything, but use Roboform to keep track of them. Its portable too and secure, so I can take them with me where ever I go.

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

stormyone — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:32:35

Crayon and paper.

I'm old school. yo.

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

anadgouda — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:25:25

I try to push OpenID as much as possible. Otherwise have my own hashtable and hashfunctions to remember the usernames and passwords :-) OpenID would be so much more convenient.

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

pelf — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:10:06

I came across Digital life management in April and found it very useful. You may not use the exact system Justin uses but I'm sure we could all work around the same concept :)

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

JPhill — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:13:57

I basically just use one login for just about all of my sites, and have about 4-5 different variations of passwords. I hate having to remember a ton of them, so I stick to a few and change them around a little bit.

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

dreamweaver — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:52:28

Funny you should ask this, since I just went through hell and back because my gmail was hacked, and since you never have to throw anything away from gmail there was a ton of stuff in there about passwords for various sites. I've used the same two or three for years, but started to imagine this scenario when my gmail was hacked: what if someone gets the password for your email, then sees archived emails from financial sites in your email account, and you use the same password (or an easy to figure out variation of same) for those financial sites? It could even become identity theft in the hands of someone really resourceful. Scary!

I changed many of my passwords, and still have more to go, but now I have a hard time remembering the new ones. I just discovered OneNote 2007, and I'm addicted! I've started putting them all in there in a password protected page in a notebook, so as long as I don't forget the password to the passwords, I'm golden!

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

posure — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:07:49

Normal websites I just memorize since I use the same few usernames/passwords. For accounts with money involved I use more secure passwords with Password-Safe (or Password Gorilla when on my Mac since it supports Password-Safe's format).

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

hthth — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:17:11

Hah, Nils, that's brilliant!

I keep mine all locked up in a text file. And by locked up I mean not locked up at all. Very sloppy of me and I've been meaning to take care of that for some time but never gotten around to it. (Edit: ah, felt inspired. Locked them up in the keychain).

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

ionfish — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:00:32

Isn't this what the keychain's for?

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

LorriM — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:04:34

I have a few combinations, and have them memorized.

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

glenndavid — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:03:36

i only have 2 usernames i use, and 4 passwords, so not too much...

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

computerjoe — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:25:10

I too just have three log-in combos :)

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

chris — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:53:32

I use an app (that has a master-password) that stores all my 2091283908 login/other noteworthy info. Here's what I'm using, but there's others out there: http://keepassx.sourceforge.net/

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

thesirdanny — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:16:03

just about every year or so i go through and freek out and think someone might be onto my password cipher and so i think of a new one.

i have about 6 now, it's almost to the point where i need to write things down...

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

Gnorb — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:59:57

The names are fairly simple for me: there are three login names I use, unless email is specified, in which case there are three possible options, depending on the purpose of the site. There are 5 passwords I rotate between, all of them somehow thematically themed to the purpose of the site itself, and the level of protection required. For time sensitive password systems ("you must change your password after X number of days/logins") I have derivative passwords based on the password chosen.

Really, it's all fairly simple.

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

Nils — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:59:58

In that case, my inquisitive friend, you revert to the scrap of paper you wrote them on anyways?

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

Rich — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:20:29

Nils, you magnificent bastard.

That's a pretty cool way of picking a password that's unique across all services, but still being able to condense it to only one "password" you have to remember--the cipher.

But what happens if you forget the cipher?

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

Nils — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:47:42

Okay, so here's what I wrote about this.

Remember, I don't have adverts and couldn't care less about stats. And if you commented, it would only mean more work for me ;-) I'm just posting this link as a reply to this note.

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

Abi — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:13:23

I have them memorized, but then some sites go and require capital letters and 4 numbers in specific places and that makes me start thinking about just getting a key chain password thingy with fingerprint protection. Does that exist?

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focused — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:27:05

I keep most of them in MS OneNote 2007, and I password protect the page.

All of my other logins I remember by heart.

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

Rich — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:24:34

It's all in Camino's password manager. If I ever lose that, I'll be filling in a lot of forgotten password forms.

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

Andrew — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:11:43

Looking forward to the article Nils.

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

Nils — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:48:09

How ironic. I have a post (more or less) prepared about this. I wasn't going to publish on a Sunday, but now I may have to ;-)

The gist? I have a certain 'key' only I know (obviously) and then use 'ciphers' already present on the site. It's not that confusing as it sounds, but you'd have to read the article.

I'll update this when it's ready. Mwahaha, linkbait!

;-)

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

carmodyarc — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:55:49

I have three different login/password combos that I use for various things. Plus, everything is stored in my Mac's keychain, so even though I can't really remember every combo, I can find them if I need them.

How do you deal with all your usernames and passwords?

Andrew — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:47:19

The amount of sites that I have signed up to over the past few years is reaching the stage of insanity. I have so many accounts in different places I'm now forced to keep an address book with all login details etc.

For security reasons I choose to keep this in paper form, but I'm interested to hear how other people deal with this matter, what other solutions are there out there to manage login info?