Jeez, I'm sick of passwords

[Provost Harrison]

My mind is like that as well...I have complete recall on every car registration of every car owned by myself and my parents - they just won't leave me.

[MOBIUS]

NBW 421 W

First Car I ever owned back in 1990...

[Dis]

freaks. I don't remember any of my license numbers.

I do remember the last 4 digits of my best friend's telephone number when I was a kid. 4612. Can't remember the first 3 though.

I can't even remember my high school gpa. I think it was 3.38. (not including bonuses).

[Adagio]

I hate having to remember 50 different password just for work, with them forcing us to come up with a new password each 2-3 months

On my last workplace each password had to be changed every 3 months, but on day one we got a piece of paper that we could (or should I use the word "should", as we were almost forced to do it) use to write down all of our passwords. I wrote hints instead though
I also use "l33t passwords" from time to time as it makes it easier to remember and uses both numbers and letters
I could use this password: D1st1tt13s (which reads: Distitties) and use the hint "Babe avatar" to remind me about the password

Originally posted by Dis
I'm not going to waste brain space memorizing a bunch of pins and passwords when that space is better served remembering a great pair of titties.

Priorities

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by MOBIUS
NBW 421 W

First Car I ever owned back in 1990...

My first one was R613 HJV...Glad I got shut of that thing - would never buy another French car after that thing

[Adagio]

Originally posted by MOBIUS
My major problem is forgetting which pin goes with which card

At my last workplace the security pin to get into the building was 4 digits and was almost the same as the pin code to my credit card (3 digits were the same)... This backfired on me, when I went to pay for something as I accidentally used my pin code for work instead

[Zkribbler]

Re: Jeez, I'm sick of passwords

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
how do you manage your passwords?

My passwords at work are eight alpha-numerics long. I use the same six alphas with the last two bytes being the numerics "01." When I have to change, they become "02," then "03." This gives me a chance to be able to remember them.

The only reason I can think to keep my computer secured is to prevent some hacker from breaking in and being bored to death.

[Jon Miller]

I have different classes of passwords. Classes include:
Banking
Meaningless Forums
Meaningful Forums
Games
Computer Networks

And deal with the 5 seperately. The Meaningless Forums password is very simple, and some already know it. Ones like the Bank passwords are all different...

JM

[Solver]

I remember them. What's worse, I remember the complex ones . I have trouble remembering number-only passwords or something like a "banana13". The ones I choose for myself are always complex (as in mixed-case letters and numbers, often non-alphanumeric characters, too), and I remember them always. I have a very weird memory that way.

I use my most secure passwords for online banking, email and such important stuff. Somewhat less secure passwords for the less-important stuff. The above are different passwords and variations of them. And I have one simple password that I use for silly registrations or forums that I only need once and don't care about the account in the slightest.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Oncle Boris
Hello, Keychain.

One feature universally derided by people who know anything about security.

[Lord Avalon]

At home I've written down most of my passwords, many on little pieces of note paper, and stuck them in a folder. PITA to go digging for those little buggers, so I started a spreadsheet to keep track of them - password protected, of course. That's the one I really have to remember, because I haven't written that down. But I remember many of them.

At work there are systems for which we have to change the password about every month. I use a few different words plus 0-9, then 00-99 (or 01-98 if it's one of those where I can't repeat).

[Spiffor]

I have 5 passwords (including three passcodes).

My debit card's passcode
My front door passcode
A standard passcode I use for everything that is customizable and only accepts numbers.

Also, I have a "secure" password that I use for almost everything serious on the net
And a sucky, insecure password that I use for forums and internet gaming.

[Solver]

Spiffor, I hope that Apolyton counts as "serious". It's every Apolytoners duty!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
I have different classes of passwords. Classes include:
Banking
Meaningless Forums
Meaningful Forums
Games
Computer Networks

And deal with the 5 seperately. The Meaningless Forums password is very simple, and some already know it. Ones like the Bank passwords are all different...

JM

This is what I try; my work passwords are all thematically related; my banking passworks have a different theme; my retirement accounts another; my non-essential passwords (Amazon, Salon, etc) another; etc. It works pretty well, except that I have to remember which variation on the theme I've been compelled to use. I could do that as a younger man -- I used to have a great head for this kind of stuff -- but as I'm now old and senile, it's tougher.

I like the password-protected spreadsheet idea though; hadn't thought of that.

[b etor]

i have atleast 25 different passwords. they're all different. i'm just cool like that.