Remembering all my passwords!

buglawton

S0litaire wrote: »

For the Desktop Firefox just get the add on "Password exporter"

https://github.com/fligtar/password-exporter/wiki/

It's a small plugin that you can use to export and import using a simple file. (you can obfuscate usernames and passwords)

I use it to manually backup passwords and bookmarks when moving between machines.

Also Firefox and Opera browsers offer the function to sync bookmarks and passwords between devices (desktop and mobile)

Know it but how about importing into Android Firefox?

buglawton

Kirri wrote: »

I have an Excel spreadsheet listing them all as I have so many passwords, varying email addresses etc and log ons etc - I have the spreadsheet password protected.

Office docs password protection is known to be quite weak -use Keepass

J_B

buglawton wrote: »

Office docs password protection is known to be quite weak

What about Libre Office??

S0litaire

buglawton wrote: »

Know it but how about importing into Android Firefox?

The Firefox Sync handles the import of bookmarks and passwords so if the password is in your desktop Firefox then it will be in the mobile version.

fwor

J_B wrote: »

What about Libre Office??

Provided you use the native ODF format, the encryption appears to be strong. From release 3.5 they use AES-256, which is extremely secure.

Prior to that I think they used Blowfish, but not sure what key length (possibly 160 bits?). I'd guess that's probably good enough unless you want to stop a government agency from cracking it in any sensible timeframe.

Kernel_Sanders

googler wrote: »

Why?

Because it wouldn't work unless the song title was something like "I'd like to teach the world to sing (in perfect farm slurry)"......

jamespir

if you do keep records ie a notebok dont put it in the draw in the computer desk cause this is the first place people will look

J_B

Originally Posted by J B
What about Libre Office??

fwor wrote: »

Provided you use the native ODF format, the encryption appears to be strong. From release 3.5 they use AES-256, which is extremely secure.

It's currently on a .xls file

Will that do???

Squire_Fulwood

I like to keep several feet of free air between my record of my passwords and my computer. This technique seems to survive computer crashes, HDD wrecks and the concern that no amount of encryption is entirely safe.

Having said that, I give some thought to the passwords I put in my Filofax. Would it be a big problem if someone hacked into my electricity account and paid my bill? Is the Facebook password really so important?

There are four or so passwords that the loss of could cause me damage. Bank, credit card, Ebay, Paypal come easily to mind. For these I take the trouble to make them all different, I learn them and don't write them down and I never tell anyone what they are.

I am reminded of a car trip where the discussion was about security. The young lady in the back seat said, "My credit card is secure, only five people know the PIN number".

There may well be better ways of managing passwords but mine seem to survive most things and the only one that seems to have been hacked was the Hotmail one. I have now changed the password and told it not to remember it and not to sign me in automatically (which would have meant it was saved in the works somewhere)

System

I wouldn't normally duplicate a post I had entered elsewhere on this forum, however it seems so relevant that I have excused myself this once.

We are constantly being told about security when selecting passwords.We're told to change them periodically, we're told to vary lower case and capitals and not to use the same password for every site we use.

To help, they often give us questions to act as reminders.

I have recently thought of one way to establish a non word password which would be unique (I think).

There are endless permutations to this one, each different, but easily recognisable to an individual.

Use the first letter of your Christian name, then your spouse, then your children in descending order etc. If there are limitations, use the first and second letter or first and last. Alternating capital and lower case might also be used. For good measure, you could throw in your house number after each two letters. IE

Bill & Jean Smith, 34 High St
David & Irene Brown, 167 Lower St

BJ34DI167

I'd be interested to see what you think of this idea.

It came to me when my daughter recently created a Christian name for her baby using the first two letters of both grandmothers and the first two of her own, the name chosen is Jolisa, ie Joy, Linda, Sarah


and finally, like many other people, I took part in a questionnaire
many years ago, with hundreds of replies, the information was given to someone to collate, when all the information had been carefully entered and about to be made known, the guy died and many years after, the results lay unseen in cyberspace.