How do you manage your passwords?

[encarta]

1Password. It's pretty expensive, but it works flawlessly. I use it on my Windows machines and iPhone.

https://agilebits.com/

[ILikeTobacco]

Using the same password everywhere is a bad practice because then all it takes is one account to be compromise for them all to be compromised. I usually use the same password for the first 6 characters, and the last 4 letters are something related to the site, such as the name perhaps.

[Nexx295]

LastPass. It's absolutely amazing! :)

[Kenneth Micallef]

i use roboform 7 desktop can`t live without it! i have too much passwords/accounts for my brain to handle

[Azusa]

lastpass, head, and my fingers.

[Salty Wagyu]

I used to memorise my passwords, but it got complicated when certain sites required a number in your password, or at the end of your password, or asked for at least 1 or 2 uppercase letters.

So I started with Keepass, and generated a unique 10 char password for the 200+ website logins I had, it was a pretty long process. In the end I found it pain to c&p every time for each site login. So I exported all the passwords to Lastpass.

Been on Lastpass for about 2 years now, it was even better once I got my android phone last year, really helped for mobile browsing. Lastpass can't always correctly fill in username/passwords on some sites, but I'm happy to overlook that with the fact no site login is ever the same now. You can also export the passwords to your PC or dropbox to keep a backup.

[Kami-]

I keep them in my head ;)

[spacer]

I can remember most of them in my head. Though, I have them all written down on a piece of paper that I keep in a lock box in my house. It sounds over-the-top, but that paper has bank/cc info on it too. So I definitely wouldn't want it laying around out in the open.

I have never and will never trust any type of "password manager", because they will never be 100% secure, 100% of the time.

[SinghKing]

In my head, try using some memory techniques.

[MidnightDevil]

Most of them, in my head.

But I'm starting to use "aWallet" for android to keep the passwords with me. Uses an encrypted database and the primary password to access the application is pretty complex.

I used KeePass for Windows, but I was hoping for an App for Android and Windows and able to sync without being in plain text lol.

[cooky560 Veteran]

I use the same password for everything ($1One0Zero$) I use. I even use the same user name Gmail, bustybabes dot com, Citibank, etc...

I REALLY hope this is a joke, or that you edit this post :p

[UndergroundWire]

I REALLY hope this is a joke, or that you edit this post :p

Damn it. Someone changed mu bustybabes dot com password and I can't get in. This is the worst thing possible that could happen.

[cork1958]

I have a random little pattern for my passwords, something like:

[first two letters of site name] + [main password] + [length of site name as a number] + [punctuation mark depending on TLD]

They all mostly the same main password in the middle but with some extra strength around it, which means I likely won't ever forget them but still being different enough that even if someone steals one they probably won't work out the rest...

It's obviously not that pattern though :p

Pretty much the same as this post.

Doesn't really matter how you do it though if some one hacks a site and gains access to the passwords though.

So far, I've only ever HAD to change a password once and that was because http://www.dslreports.com/ got hacked and they e-mailed me telling me to change password.

[Sir Topham Hatt]

A text document not called anything obvious like "passwords".

However only my bank password is what I really care about and that has a secure key with a randomly changing number which I must type in to log in to the bank.

Forums and such, if someone manages to guess my password then "meh". The account will be closed and I'll either sort it out or register again. My strategy has worked out okay so far :) (Y)

[Singh400]

By being smart.

I have two groups of password(s). Personal and business.

Personal passwords (for things like Facebook, Neowin, AVF, Hexus etc) all have the same base password so something like: omgchickenM0nk3y$

Then according to the site it might to omgchickenM0nk3y$ + neowin = omgchickenM0nk3y$+neowin

Business passwords (eBuyer, Scan, Bank etc) all share the same password...which is bad practice I know.

Email accounts are my most complex passwords (and aren't replicated anywhere else). As all of my online information is tied to email account(s).

[NeoandGeo]

I remember them, and only have 4 or 5 I use.

[simplezz]

Gnome Keyring

For others I keep in an encrypted file using ccrypt.

[shakey]

In my head and with forgot password links :p

[Rigby]

I use fsekrit, it is basically just a self running encrypted text file. If you want something fancier Keepass works well.

[Circaflex]

http://www.passwordcard.org/en

[cooky560 Veteran]

[Growled Member]

Lastpass. Never start your broswer with it.

[Raa]

I write my username, password and what it's for in great detail on paper in a folder clearly marked "Passwords" which sits next to my computer at all times. Is that a problem? :laugh:

Jokes aside, I remember my passwords, no documentation anywhere.

[Blaze_Zewi]

Kept it on a USB Drive, hidden somewhere on the moon.......

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

All my passwords are Justin bieber song titles, so I just need to memorize those.

But in a serious note, I use a number of passwords, depending in the security and severity of the site (banks) get my top secure password.

Easy to remember when I've been doing it for so long.