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Remembering all my passwords!

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  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    edited 13 April 2012 at 8:51AM
    Change them all to something you can easily remember. No-one can hack your head (yet).

    Someone once suggested the initials of a favourite song title - "I'd like to teach the world to sing (in perfect harmony)" yields iltttwtsipf, for instance.

    For passwords that want a mix of alpha and numeric, find two or three numbers that you won't forget - your first house number, a sequence of numbers from your phone number, your DoB jumbled up (ddyy, yydd, yddy, etc), NI no jumbled up, staff number from work jumbled up, etc etc

    Oh, and to those using Lastpass and other online solutions; what happens when lastpass's server is down, or they go into administration? How will you retrieve your passwords then?
  • Pugwash69
    Pugwash69 Posts: 136 Forumite
    I stick important information on colornote on my phone, but under innocuous names like "shopping list" or "todo". I have an unlock pattern set up on my phone and I know I can wipe it remotely if it's lost.
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    googler wrote: »

    Someone once suggested the initials of a favourite song title - "I'd like to teach the world to sing (in perfect harmony)" yields iltttwtsipf, for instance.

    Unreliable then!
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  • Stompa
    Stompa Posts: 8,383 Forumite
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    googler wrote: »
    Change them all to something you can easily remember.
    Yes, but I have an awful lot of (different) passwords.
    Stompa
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    Stompa wrote: »
    Yes, but I have an awful lot of (different) passwords.

    Yes, but most online providers give you an option to change them.
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    espresso wrote: »
    Unreliable then!

    Why?

    Would a hacker know or guess the title of your favourite song?
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    If you are going to write a password down in your phone, keep part of it (perhaps the numeric sequence) in your head, and write it down as "----"
  • faerie~spangles
    faerie~spangles Posts: 1,871 Forumite
    I email my passwords to myself.

    I put the passwords into silly sentences within the email.
    I'm not that way reclined

    Jewelry? Seriously? Sheldon you are the most shallow, self-centered person I have ever met. Do you really think that another transparently-manipu... OH, IT'S A TIARA! A tiara; I have a tiara! Put it on me! Put it on me! Put it on me! Put it on me! Put it on me! Put it on me! Put it on me!
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    googler wrote: »
    Someone once suggested the initials of a favourite song title - "I'd like to teach the world to sing (in perfect harmony)" yields iltttwtsipf, for instance.
    googler wrote: »
    Why?

    Would a hacker know or guess the title of your favourite song?

    Is it not obvious!
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  • Stompa
    Stompa Posts: 8,383 Forumite
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    googler wrote: »
    Yes, but most online providers give you an option to change them.
    So you're suggesting using the same password for everything?
    Stompa
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