I currently use a simple excel spreadsheet to keep a track of all my website username/passwords.
I tend to have separate passwords for each website but this is impractical and I have been meaning to standardise this to just half a dozen and thought I would attempt to do this now.
Several years ago, there was an article in Computer Weekly where they questioned commuters at a railway station and asked them questions about IT. Stuff like do you surf the internet, what is your favourite football team, favourite flower etc. One of the questions they asked was "what is you network password" and the majority of respondents offered up their password. Lo and behold, the majority of respondents network password matched their fotbal team or favourite flower!
Anyway, as part of the article a security correspondent advised splitting your website accounts into categories and having separate passwords for each category.
For example, grouping all etailers in one category and having the same password for this category.
I can't find the article but is anyone familiar with this approach or can provide guidance on the best way to tackle this task?
I have over 200 accounts most of which are for sites which are probably defunct but I'd rather implement an up-to-date standardised approach for the valid accounts from the outset of this tidy up.
I tend to have separate passwords for each website but this is impractical and I have been meaning to standardise this to just half a dozen and thought I would attempt to do this now.
Several years ago, there was an article in Computer Weekly where they questioned commuters at a railway station and asked them questions about IT. Stuff like do you surf the internet, what is your favourite football team, favourite flower etc. One of the questions they asked was "what is you network password" and the majority of respondents offered up their password. Lo and behold, the majority of respondents network password matched their fotbal team or favourite flower!
Anyway, as part of the article a security correspondent advised splitting your website accounts into categories and having separate passwords for each category.
For example, grouping all etailers in one category and having the same password for this category.
I can't find the article but is anyone familiar with this approach or can provide guidance on the best way to tackle this task?
I have over 200 accounts most of which are for sites which are probably defunct but I'd rather implement an up-to-date standardised approach for the valid accounts from the outset of this tidy up.
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