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How do you keep track of passwords?

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    How do you keep track of passwords?

    I used to keep my passwords and related security info in a password-protected PDA, but it has packed up.

    Now it's the Pensions Regulator and their ID, password, security questions and answers that need recording.

    I have scores of login ids, passords, PINs and other crud I'm expected to memorise by umpteen different organisations. And they all say "You can't write it down". Having come a cropper some years ago because I used the same password for everything, I now try not to use the same password for different things. Memorising them is impossible.

    How do you keep track of all this stuff?
    My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

    #2
    I write it all down.

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      #3
      I write them all down and then swallow the paper to be safe....

      Or you could use RoboForm.

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        #4
        develop an algorithm that you can run against each website/manufacturer/entity name. then just remember the algorithm.

        that's how i keep track of all this stuff

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          #5
          Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
          I write it all down.
          whs

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            #6
            I write them down also on a small bit of paper kept in my pocket.
            It's all very well keeping them on a spreadsheet or other application on your PC but first you have to remember the password to log into your PC

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              #7
              i'm not falling for that old trick!

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                #8
                I have one base password, two made up words (which you can say - helps memory) separated by a number. Vary the number however much you like and whatever rules you like.
                ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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                  #9
                  andyw remembers my passwords for me.
                  "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                    #10
                    Car registration number. When need monthly change then prefix it with month and year.

                    As a result, everyone I have worked with has access to all my accounts.

                    Hello Scots, a rare contribution.

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