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In todays day and age, its not uncommon for people to be a member of hundreds of websites, each having their own set of rules regarding logins and pw's. Some have length limits - must be X letters/characters long, or must be no more than X letters/characters long, or must include at least one number, or must include a number AND a symbol, or may not include any symbols or numbers, etc etc you get the picture.
For example just off the top of my head, I have 4 different banks, more than 20 forums, various newspapers/news sites, game sites, blogs, and whatnot that I use every day. Now for my own personal computer, I have different passwords that I reuse - yeah I know we aren't supposed to do this but seriously - HOW can anyone remember 150+ logins/pw's???????? For blogs/forums that I'm not too worried about and simply need to login to make comments or stuff I have one pw that's pretty easy to remember. For stuff like banks and the like I have super strong pw's that use the maximum characters/symbols allowed.
The issue at hand is that with the exception of the maybe 20 or so websites I go to on a daily basis, its freaking hard to remember the pw's for the other 100 or so that I only visit maybe once a week or once a month. And then there's the sites that assign you your login/pw and you can't even change it! How are you supposed to memorize C47dk2W as your login for some obscure website that you visit maybe once a month, and it won't let you change it?
I've heard of people using programs like Keepass and LastPass, but just how safe are these programs? And when you have to deal with something like a computer crash, you're shit outta luck.
I've tried some "formulas" for making passwords such as using the first/last letters of a website combined with a grouping of words/numbers that are easy to remember but when you run into websites that only allow 6-8 characters/symbols or other ones that require you have at least 9 or more it gets more difficult to customize them so that you can actually use/remember them.
So my question is - you IT/techy types, just how do YOU keep up with the multitude of logins/pw's that you have to remember? I'm betting the 150+ I have is just a drop in the bucket compared to some of you - I'm not asking you to give your pw's or your secret, but a little help would go a long way. I'm tired of having to reset pw's because I've forgotten the damn things.
For example just off the top of my head, I have 4 different banks, more than 20 forums, various newspapers/news sites, game sites, blogs, and whatnot that I use every day. Now for my own personal computer, I have different passwords that I reuse - yeah I know we aren't supposed to do this but seriously - HOW can anyone remember 150+ logins/pw's???????? For blogs/forums that I'm not too worried about and simply need to login to make comments or stuff I have one pw that's pretty easy to remember. For stuff like banks and the like I have super strong pw's that use the maximum characters/symbols allowed.
The issue at hand is that with the exception of the maybe 20 or so websites I go to on a daily basis, its freaking hard to remember the pw's for the other 100 or so that I only visit maybe once a week or once a month. And then there's the sites that assign you your login/pw and you can't even change it! How are you supposed to memorize C47dk2W as your login for some obscure website that you visit maybe once a month, and it won't let you change it?
I've heard of people using programs like Keepass and LastPass, but just how safe are these programs? And when you have to deal with something like a computer crash, you're shit outta luck.
I've tried some "formulas" for making passwords such as using the first/last letters of a website combined with a grouping of words/numbers that are easy to remember but when you run into websites that only allow 6-8 characters/symbols or other ones that require you have at least 9 or more it gets more difficult to customize them so that you can actually use/remember them.
So my question is - you IT/techy types, just how do YOU keep up with the multitude of logins/pw's that you have to remember? I'm betting the 150+ I have is just a drop in the bucket compared to some of you - I'm not asking you to give your pw's or your secret, but a little help would go a long way. I'm tired of having to reset pw's because I've forgotten the damn things.
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