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This would be kind of annoying to pick that card every time I want to enter a password.. no? I Like To Take The First Word Of Easy To Remember Sentences. (iltttfwoetrs) and put some random i->1 and a->@ and o->0. This way, it's fairly secure and easy to remember.
I started doing this a while ago. I have some keys to access a building which needs a security code to disable the alarm, so I wouldnt forget it I wrote it on the key tag mixed in with a series of other numbers. Alternativly I use KeePass to store all my passwords and for the master password I combined all the passwords Ive used over the years, so its about 15 characters long and easy to remember.
Same here. I save it on my dropbox account, just in case I needed access to my password when I am away from my computer.
However, I will occasionally need to set a new temporary password for an online account when I do not have r/w access to my KeePass file. In this case, I tend to use the same simple password until I have the opportunity to change it, so the Password Card / Chart can still come in handy.
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Same here. I save it on my dropbox account, just in case I needed access to my password when I am away from my computer.
Same. The KeePass iPhone app is very convenient when used in conjunction with the Dropbox public folder. However, I will occasionally need to set a new temporary password for an online account when I do not have r/w access to my KeePass file. In this case, I tend to use the same simple password until I have the opportunity to change it, so the Password Card / Chart can still come in handy.
This would be kind of annoying to pick that card every time I want to enter a password.. no? I Like To Take The First Word Of Easy To Remember Sentences. (iltttfwoetrs) and put some random i->1 and a->@ and o->0. This way, it's fairly secure and easy to remember.
See, that method never worked for me. How many easy to remember sentences are there where I know every word exactly?
I started doing this a while ago. I have some keys to access a building which needs a security code to disable the alarm, so I wouldnt forget it I wrote it on the key tag mixed in with a series of other numbers. Alternativly I use KeePass to store all my passwords and for the master password I combined all the passwords Ive used over the years, so its about 15 characters long and easy to remember.
Same here. I save it on my dropbox account, just in case I needed access to my password when I am away from my computer.
My personal password scheme is to string together a few random things. 2 or more random things I happen to be thinking about that day (often abbreviated weirdly to prevent having actual words in my password) with random special characters between them and/or at the beginning or end. This may not be as secure as a random SHA1, but it's so random (and usually pretty long) that I think it's pretty solid. One bad thing i…
The problem I see is: it's still a bit complicated (i.e. too complicated for the "usual" folks). I see a lot of the security stuff failing for most people because it's just not easy enough. In this sense, Lastpass (passwords stored online) or Roboform (passwords stored locally) is imho better in that it makes it easy to use secure, one-time passwords for each website.
I use password composer ( http://www.xs4all.nl/~jlpoutre/BoT/Javascript/PasswordCompos... ) which does an md5 hash of the url and the master password of your choosing to generate a unique password for each website. The extensions for chrome and firefox make it very convenient to use.
Thanks for the link. I'd run across some of those some years ago but since lost the references.