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Title: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: chrisbruce on November 20, 2007, 11:17:50 PM I have about 20 different password that I use reguarly for banks poker sites etc etc. Even though they are all based on a similar theme I struggle top remember them all.
Is there a trustworthy program you can lock/store them into for easy controlled access when required?? thanks for any ideas Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: danafish on November 20, 2007, 11:22:56 PM I have a little notebook labelled "Dana's Book Of Secrets". It's never failed me yet. Until it gets nicked. Oh, actually, I've got no money. So it's ok. Yay.
Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: The_duke on November 20, 2007, 11:36:50 PM I use roboform -- works for me -- does all sorts remembers passwords, fills forms out etc etc
Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: technolog on November 21, 2007, 12:35:17 AM I use roboform -- works for me -- does all sorts remembers passwords, fills forms out etc etc Heartily seconded - fantastic piece o' kit. Five stars. From the website (roboform.com): Quote from: roboform.com "Roboform is the top-rated Password Manager and Web Form Filler that completely automates password entering and form filling. RoboForm was named PC Magazine Editor's Choice, and CNET Download.com's Software of the Year. RoboForm: Memorizes your passwords and Logs You In automatically Fills long registration and checkout forms with one click Encrypts your passwords to achieve complete security Generates random passwords that hackers cannot guess Fights Phishing by filling passwords only on matching web sites Defeats Keyloggers by not using keyboard to type passwords Backs up your passwords, Copies them between computers Synchronizes passwords between computers using GoodSync Searches for keywords in your passwords, notes and Internet Portable: RoboForm2Go runs from USB key, no install needed PDA-friendly: sync your passwords to Pocket PC and Palm Neutral: works with Internet Explorer, AOL/MSN, Firefox IE 7 and Vista are now supported" All this for $30 dollars - well - what are you waiting for??? Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: ifm on November 21, 2007, 12:58:49 AM i use my banks password for everything meaningful, if they guess that then fair play to em, forums etc its just a daft generic one
Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: kinboshi on November 21, 2007, 09:23:13 AM I use PGP and DriveCrypt.
It'd be easier for someone to torture me for the passwords than to spend the time trying to crack them. Both of which would be a waste of time, as the effort would outweigh the reward. Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: boldie on November 21, 2007, 10:17:21 AM I gave Kin a long list of all my password..he has one of them pornographic memories and all I have to do when I need access to anything is tell him and he gives me the password. Easy and safe
Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: kinboshi on November 21, 2007, 01:34:20 PM ...and he haz veys ov making me talk!
Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: boldie on November 21, 2007, 01:39:25 PM ...and he haz veys ov making me talk! rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfaoTitle: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: Bongo on November 21, 2007, 01:56:45 PM I use PGP and DriveCrypt. It'd be easier for someone to torture me for the passwords than to spend the time trying to crack them. Both of which would be a waste of time, as the effort would outweigh the reward. Til the government come and put you in jail :P Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: kinboshi on November 21, 2007, 02:11:09 PM I use PGP and DriveCrypt. It'd be easier for someone to torture me for the passwords than to spend the time trying to crack them. Both of which would be a waste of time, as the effort would outweigh the reward. Til the government come and put you in jail :P Why? Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: boldie on November 21, 2007, 02:13:06 PM I use PGP and DriveCrypt. It'd be easier for someone to torture me for the passwords than to spend the time trying to crack them. Both of which would be a waste of time, as the effort would outweigh the reward. Til the government come and put you in jail :P Why? Because it's New Labour? Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: kinboshi on November 21, 2007, 02:22:58 PM I use PGP and DriveCrypt. It'd be easier for someone to torture me for the passwords than to spend the time trying to crack them. Both of which would be a waste of time, as the effort would outweigh the reward. Til the government come and put you in jail :P Why? Because it's New Labour? :dontask: Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: Bongo on November 21, 2007, 02:23:49 PM It's a 2 year sentence for not revealing your encryption keys to the Police if they ask, and also 2 years for telling anyone that this has happened...
But of course this shouldn't concern you because if you aren't doing anything wrong, why would you need to use encryption? Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: kinboshi on November 21, 2007, 02:36:51 PM It's a 2 year sentence for not revealing your encryption keys to the Police if they ask, and also 2 years for telling anyone that this has happened... But of course this shouldn't concern you because if you aren't doing anything wrong, why would you need to use encryption? Erm, if the police asked as part of an enquiry - then I'd tell them. I was talking about some dodgy Dutch bloke (called Boldie) who might try to thieve the money from my bank, etc. Why do I need encryption? To store my banking information, my passwords, and my donkey porn collection. Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: boldie on November 21, 2007, 02:42:31 PM It's a 2 year sentence for not revealing your encryption keys to the Police if they ask, and also 2 years for telling anyone that this has happened... But of course this shouldn't concern you because if you aren't doing anything wrong, why would you need to use encryption? Erm, if the police asked as part of an enquiry - then I'd tell them. I was talking about some dodgy Dutch bloke (called Boldie) who might try to thieve the money from my bank, etc. Why do I need encryption? To store my banking information, my passwords, and my donkey porn collection. Don't worry about me stealing money from your bank account...ou just send that check to the Dutch Lottery Institution to collect that big prize! Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: kinboshi on November 21, 2007, 02:46:13 PM It's a 2 year sentence for not revealing your encryption keys to the Police if they ask, and also 2 years for telling anyone that this has happened... But of course this shouldn't concern you because if you aren't doing anything wrong, why would you need to use encryption? Erm, if the police asked as part of an enquiry - then I'd tell them. I was talking about some dodgy Dutch bloke (called Boldie) who might try to thieve the money from my bank, etc. Why do I need encryption? To store my banking information, my passwords, and my donkey porn collection. Don't worry about me stealing money from your bank account...ou just send that check to the Dutch Lottery Institution to collect that big prize! Ja!! I am a weiner! Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: RichEO on November 23, 2007, 01:29:08 AM If you have a couple of passwords and numbers that you can remember. Then base the rest of your passwords on different combinations of these passwords. You can safely write down clues to the combinations of the passwords as if noone knows your original passwords they can't reconstruct them from your clues.
Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: phatomch on November 23, 2007, 01:53:43 AM The best thing on the market for this is........... Tell your mum.. She wont forget you know she already phones you up to remind you of your brothers b'day or your aunties moved home.
So just tell her everything you need to remeber, if you forget anything, you can call her (which she will thinks nice, as you dont call anymoreand she never sees you) heh presto . Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: matt674 on November 23, 2007, 07:13:41 AM Just post a list of all your passwords and the sites they are for on this thread - every time you forget just refer to this thread........ ;whistle;
Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: Cybertim on November 26, 2007, 05:13:40 PM www.billeo.com gives you access to all your passwords from any pc. it auto fills in forms for you as well which is great if you like to apply for free stuff ;)
its free/safe and works great. for American users you can use it to pay bills as well. genius Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: Simon Galloway on November 27, 2007, 12:42:13 PM http://www.passwordsafe.com/ (http://www.passwordsafe.com/)
Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: kinboshi on November 27, 2007, 01:15:35 PM I personally wouldn't trust a third-party website with any important passwords. One, you don't know how secure it is, two you probably wouldn't be informed if there was a breach of security (or not very quickly anyway), and also the site could vanish - leaving you up the creek without a password.
Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: cia260895 on November 27, 2007, 03:26:34 PM notepad and pen does it 4 me
Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: kinboshi on November 27, 2007, 03:38:28 PM notepad and pen does it 4 me Definitely one of the best methods - as long as the notepad is securely locked/hidden away somewhere. I'd like to see a hacker get your passwords from a piece of paper locked up in your safe! Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: Ginger on November 27, 2007, 03:44:20 PM Notebook and pen for me too, so safe that it usually takes me hours or even days to find it...
Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: Bongo on November 27, 2007, 03:45:09 PM notepad and pen does it 4 me Definitely one of the best methods - as long as the notepad is securely locked/hidden away somewhere. I'd like to see a hacker get your passwords from a piece of paper locked up in your safe! They'd use the piece underneath that had the imprints in. I agree that I wouldn't want to trust a 3rd party website to manage my passwords, not least because it would open itself up to be a pretty big target for attack! Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: kinboshi on November 27, 2007, 05:26:20 PM notepad and pen does it 4 me Definitely one of the best methods - as long as the notepad is securely locked/hidden away somewhere. I'd like to see a hacker get your passwords from a piece of paper locked up in your safe! They'd use the piece underneath that had the imprints in. Aha! But they can't - because you burnt the pad that you originally wrote the passwords on, all you have now is a polaroid of the page. Quote I agree that I wouldn't want to trust a 3rd party website to manage my passwords, not least because it would open itself up to be a pretty big target for attack! username: admin password: nimda Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: Simon Galloway on November 28, 2007, 05:05:40 PM I personally wouldn't trust a third-party website with any important passwords. One, you don't know how secure it is, two you probably wouldn't be informed if there was a breach of security (or not very quickly anyway), and also the site could vanish - leaving you up the creek without a password. How about if it offers a free download which then sits as software behind your firewall? Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: Bongo on November 28, 2007, 05:10:40 PM I personally wouldn't trust a third-party website with any important passwords. One, you don't know how secure it is, two you probably wouldn't be informed if there was a breach of security (or not very quickly anyway), and also the site could vanish - leaving you up the creek without a password. How about if it offers a free download which then sits as software behind your firewall? And fetches the passwords from their server? Quote HyperSafe is an application that can synchronize to your PasswordSafe account and store your combinations on your desktop (Windows version displayed). HyperSafe is currently READ ONLY - all additions and updates are done on your account at PasswordSafe.com. Title: Re: Passwords protecting and remembering Post by: jizzemm on November 29, 2007, 11:00:37 AM I know the general thing for thread is for passwords to everything, but banks already have things like this.
First Direct & Egg for instance, you can open up all your banking websites and display you balances from everything, all together, but to do this you must put in all your passwords. They have been going for about 18 months + for what I can remember and there does not seem to be a problem. |