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Remember All Those Passwords? No Need
New York Times ^ | June 5, 2013 | David Pogue

Posted on 06/06/2013 12:51:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 06/06/2013 12:51:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I use password “groups”. And I vary the complexity of each “group” based on the sensitivity of the information the password protects.

I also store all of my work passwords in a password protected word document. It’s safe, though. The name of the document is “don’t open this”.

;-)


2 posted on 06/06/2013 12:58:46 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: nickcarraway

Let the government remember for you.


3 posted on 06/06/2013 12:59:05 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: nickcarraway

If you forget one of your passwords, just call the IRS and have them look it up in your file.


4 posted on 06/06/2013 12:59:42 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (What difference does it make?)
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To: nickcarraway

I liked using “special fonts” whenever I could. Not every site would allow them though.


5 posted on 06/06/2013 12:59:57 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: nickcarraway

Don’t worry. The fbi and the irs can get into your accounts and files. Just call them.


6 posted on 06/06/2013 1:11:33 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Pi$$ed off yet?)
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To: nickcarraway

I just tape my passwords to the back of my keyboard.


7 posted on 06/06/2013 1:16:27 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Veggie Todd
If you forget one of your passwords, just call the IRS and have them look it up in your file.

+1

8 posted on 06/06/2013 1:17:21 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: nickcarraway

re: “The only decent solution is to install a dedicated password memorization program “

So, do you have to remember your password to access the password memorization program?


9 posted on 06/06/2013 1:20:27 PM PDT by Nevadan
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To: nickcarraway

Tech BookMark.


10 posted on 06/06/2013 1:24:29 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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So... does this 'program' store your passwords on your hard drive, or on some 'cloud' on the internet ?
11 posted on 06/06/2013 1:33:32 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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So, do you have to remember your password to access the password memorization program?

Yeah... so use something easy to remember, like ABC123.

12 posted on 06/06/2013 1:35:11 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: UCANSEE2

PASSWORD


13 posted on 06/06/2013 1:41:50 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (People are idiots.)
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To: Nevadan

From the article, pg 2:

“In version 2.0, furthermore, you have the option of using two-factor authentication — fancy lingo for an extra layer of security. To unlock Dashlane, you have to enter your master password as well as a code that Dashlane texts to your phone.”


14 posted on 06/06/2013 1:50:21 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Guns kill people, pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk & spoons make you fat.)
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To: nickcarraway

We have to have passwords to fill out forms on the Ambulance I volunteer for.

They make us change the passwords every month. It’s funny watching people trying to figure out what their password for this month is. Most of them have to write it on a slip of paper they carry in their wallets.

It’s a truly dumb system.

But the most stupid thing about it is that they have to sign the form with the mouse when it is finished LMAO. Some of the damndest signatures you ever saw.


15 posted on 06/06/2013 1:52:30 PM PDT by Venturer
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“use long passwords that contain digits, punctuation and no recognizable words.”

I’ve always thought this advice makes it easier to pick out a password in a datastream.


16 posted on 06/06/2013 1:54:32 PM PDT by CJ Wolf
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They’d stand-out like a big zit on your nose.


17 posted on 06/06/2013 1:57:29 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Guns kill people, pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk & spoons make you fat.)
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To: nickcarraway

Well, no matter what I type it turns up looking like little bitty dots, so I just use little bitty dots. Saves time.


18 posted on 06/06/2013 1:58:44 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: cuban leaf
I also store all of my work passwords in a password protected word document. It’s safe, though. The name of the document is “don’t open this”.

Just rename the file something innocuous...like "maindb" and then stick a .dll extension on it. It will still open in Word as a doc file but is easily overlooked by anyone snooping.

Personally, I use a small, free program called PINS. It resides on a flash drive and can also sit on your hard drive. One password opens the vault where you store URLS with usernames/passwords...etc. When you make password changes, just update the PINS database file. It hasn't let me down in 8 years.

19 posted on 06/06/2013 2:06:34 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (For me, I plan to die standing as a free man rather than spend one second on my knees as a slave.)
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To: Sherman Logan

Inscript the passwords to the undersides of your eyelids and then look into a light bulb....

no no no

Tatoo the passwords.... in 3d.... to the roof of your mouf...and then read them with yer tongue...

Let’s see you mommy and daddy’s basement dwellin’ geeko nerdos defeat those....two.


20 posted on 06/06/2013 2:12:29 PM PDT by jimsin
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