How do you manage your passwords??

[Muse]

There was a thread ~5 years ago in this forum:

How do you manage your passwords? It had 30 posts. I don't want to revive it, a lot of water under the bridge.

I need to change my passwords now. I'm wondering how I might best go about this. Obviously I have to go from site to site and change them. Most people probably don't use password management software, even "techies" here. There are some programs out there, I got some positive ideas about Last Pass (there's a free version) last I looked into this. Is that easy to use, a good idea, better than a well conceived and simple personal methodology? I've heard of Roboform, a few others. What do you do and why?

 

[RossMAN]

Notepad

 

[Newbian]

Piece of paper and pen and keep it safe.

Or you could just keep them all the same and see what happens.

 

[BabaBooey]

 

[Muse]

There are techniques you can use to vary your password from site to site, which can really help if one of the sites gets hacked.

 

[Muse]

Yeah, I've been looking for mine. I think it's under the couch.

 

[jagec]

I use Lastpass. I like it. Just remember not to leave your browser open with Lastpass logged in.

Plus, it works with the fingerprint scanner on my laptop.

 

[ponyo]

mSecure Android app. Paid 40 cents for the app so I might as well use it.

 

[Matthiasa]

With my brain...
Sometimes it takes a few guesses but its rare I actually forget it.
If you need to have them stored use long, easy to remember passwords. (read they mean something to you)

 

[tfinch2]

Brain 1.0

 

[Pardus]

i use a password generator and change my passwords every 3 mos like clockwork, store them in a text file hidden deep inside my pc with a no extension, so it looks like a system file. never had a problem.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I give them to the next cold caller I get.

 

[lothar]

This.

 

[1rks0m3]

KeePass

 

[Zebo]

da brain. Only have ~10 though. I also have some combination locks about 5 I have memorized so 15 things is nothing compared to memorizing Ochem reactions back in the day.

 

[tynopik]

i just make all my passwords 'password'

 

[Aluvus]

KeePass. Makes it easy to have passwords that are very hard to guess. Slightly annoying to update the file between computers, but I don't have to trust a website with my passwords.

 

[chusteczka]

KeePass

I have been using it for a few years now.
It works great. Very simple and intuitive.

 

[Leros]

I only have a few passwords that I use, but I add a prefix for each site.

Say my password was password:
atotpassword
gmailpassword
ebaypassword

 

[skulkingghost]

I use Lastpass, its been fantastic so far. I highly recommend it. Also has an iPhone / Android app for on the go.

 

[GundamW]

KeePass

Yup.

 

[RavenSEAL]

+1

 

[MotionMan]

Mine is 12345.

MotionMan

 

[RockinZ28]

Just separate by level of importance. Really important things like my savings accounts and 401k get a more complicated pass. Sites like this forum get a pretty simple one I use often.

If I don't remember, I just go through the 30 sec it takes to email a new password. Have to do that every time I check my HSA account cause they force you to use certain character combinations I don't normally use, and I never remember what it is.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Keepass