[zx50]

Notepad is your friend. I typed very complicated passwords into Notepad and then placed the Notepad file on a flash drive.

[Orangemaid]

Kylie Minogue has a song called Password, so why not use Kylie or Kylie Minogue ..then we all know your passwords , its an easy one then

[paulbrock]

I have strong passwords for the important stuff - banks, email, DS

But lots of websites need a password, and honestly I couldn't give a damn if they get 'hacked'. Stuff like say a band's website to update your preferences....I just use 'password' rather than spread one of my secure passwords on it. Likewise they believe my birthday is 1st january. No sense in spreading around your personal info to sites that don't need it.

Also I like that sites are increasingly using shared logins - let you login using your Facebook or Google account. Plus I have an authenticator on Google as i use lots of their services

[Zero gravitas]

Originally Posted by Tidosho

It's scanned and saved as "passwords.jpg"

Genius.

So, how do you log on to your computer to get at the file, and why would you save it as a jpg ?

[jsmith99]

Originally Posted by Zero gravitas

I suppose the OP could just post all the passwords and what they are for on here, that way they'd always know where they are.

simples.

That's a brilliant idea; I'll use it.
cropduster
lightning
stratocruiser
hercules
dakota
supersabre

Now I'll always know where to look if I forget one!

[Lain Andrews]

Originally Posted by RiDsTeR

I know that sites probably legit, but I can't help get a little paranoid that all is not what it seems

I don't trust this one bit.

The ultimate big brother.

[Zero gravitas]

Originally Posted by jsmith99

That's a brilliant idea; I'll use it.
cropduster
lightning
stratocruiser
hercules
dakota
supersabre

Now I'll always know where to look if I forget one!

My super spidey senses detect a pattern there.

[Carlos_dfc]

Car number plates.
I have a good memory for them - and can remember them from every car I've ever owned or had regular use of - plus as few extras such as my dad's old Hillman, my mum's Clio and Fiesta, my grandad's Rover, my daughter's Corsa, etc, etc....
I string at least two of them together (three for anything important, or if there's money involved) - I always include at least one in each password that wasn't MY car - and never include my current car.
PLUS - I have a rule for capitalising certain letters.

I keep an Excel file with simply the names of the cars....
Examples:-
DS - Clio, Omega
A-N other forum - Hillman, Impreza
A credit card - Chevette, Impreza, Rover
...and so on.......
Unless someone can remember the number plates of all my cars, and a bunch of my relatives' - then even if they found the Excel file, they'd still have no idea.


**note**
The above password hints aren't correct - they're merely examples of how my little system works.

[HenryGarten]

The thing about LastPass is that it only stores encrypted data in cyberspace. So anyone stealing it would not be able to make any sense of it. The data does not get unlocked until it arrives on your computer.

[RobinOfLoxley]

'Most' security problems are caused by phishing anyway.

[HenryGarten]

Originally Posted by RobinOfLoxley

'Most' security problems are caused by phishing anyway.

Yes. How much real hacking takes place?

[jsmith99]

Originally Posted by HenryGarten

Yes. How much real hacking takes place?

Very little, I suspect. Back in the 1980s when I attended conferences on computer security, it was clear that, despite all the scare stories about rogue software, signal interception and picking up signals from monitors, at least 99% of computer fraud was carried out by falsifying input.

In other words, the fraud would have worked on paper systems, except there was more likelihood of someone noticing something strange.

[Matt D]

I vote for 1Password: https://agilebits.com/onepassword

Password generation, password storage, etc. All encrypted with one master password. If you want, you can set it to sync with Dropbox to make it available on other computers and devices, but you can just keep everything locally.

[Salbates]

I have a notepad on my phone which is password protected. No one else knows the password, and as it is a made up word, it is unlikely that they could guess it. All my passwords are stored on there

[RobinOfLoxley]

It's a good idea.

My 'system'. Google my proposed password (no hits). Then add some extras.

[pixel_pixel]

I use lower, upper-case, special and numerical characters. I tend to use 30 digit long ones for extra security.

[LykkieLi]

Originally Posted by Salbates

I have a notepad on my phone which is password protected. No one else knows the password, and as it is a made up word, it is unlikely that they could guess it. All my passwords are stored on there

I'm starting to do something similar although not on my phone.

[LykkieLi]

Originally Posted by Carlos_dfc

Car number plates.
I have a good memory for them - and can remember them from every car I've ever owned or had regular use of - plus as few extras such as my dad's old Hillman, my mum's Clio and Fiesta, my grandad's Rover, my daughter's Corsa, etc, etc....
I string at least two of them together (three for anything important, or if there's money involved) - I always include at least one in each password that wasn't MY car - and never include my current car.
PLUS - I have a rule for capitalising certain letters.

I keep an Excel file with simply the names of the cars....
Examples:-
DS - Clio, Omega
A-N other forum - Hillman, Impreza
A credit card - Chevette, Impreza, Rover
...and so on.......
Unless someone can remember the number plates of all my cars, and a bunch of my relatives' - then even if they found the Excel file, they'd still have no idea.


**note**
The above password hints aren't correct - they're merely examples of how my little system works.

Impressive.
Thanks for sharing your ideas everyone.