USERIDs and Passwords

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

I probably have 50 sites that I have to have a User ID and Password for.

Do you have just one set you use, or something different for each, and a log you keep somewhere reminding you what they are?

What do you do about those that ask you to change them every now and then.

[Presley Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Presley]

I keep a book with some. I still need to retrieve my passes for a lot of sites on a regular basis.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

I have about 2 doz and use them depending on how secure I need it to be.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

I have about 2 doz and use them depending on how secure I need it to be.

What's your method for keeping track of them?

I'm thinking it's about as safe to have one unlikely set you use for everything as to have different ones and keep them all written in one place.

[mshatty Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close mshatty]

I try to use a basic one on all sites. I'm too lazy.

[Fern Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fern]

I just use password12345678. It is alpha-numeric, and nobody would ever guess it...

doof

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

I just use password12345678. It is alpha-numeric, and nobody would ever guess it...

doof

One would. Well, that's close to nobody.

[bellesgirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bellesgirl]

I use basically the same user id on most sites but I modify the password. I use the same beginning and then add a suffix depending on the site. For ex. if I were logging on to ABC mortgage, I would use my beginning - say it is "pwd", "pwd" + "abc" and my password is pwdabc.

I also have a list with the suffixes but it doesn't show the beginning e.g it would just show "abc". I also keep my userid on the list, if it differs from the norm but I use a coding that I understand. DH would be SOL if something happened to me.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

I use several for each and do not keep a written record. If I forget one I just have them send it to me. If I get alzheimers I could be in trouble--but then I would be in trouble anyway.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

What's your method for keeping track of them?

I'm thinking it's about as safe to have one unlikely set you use for everything as to have different ones and keep them all written in one place.

non important no numbers inportant more numbers very important even more but different numbers. Top secert well if I tell you I have to kill you

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

non important no numbers inportant more numbers very important even more but different numbers. Top secert well if I tell you I have to kill you

Something tells me if someone found your list it wouldn't help them.

[PigsDad Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close PigsDad]

I use eWallet. It is an application that you can have on multiple PCs as well as mobile devices (iPhone, Android, iPod Touch, iPad, etc.) and they will all sync together. It stores all your passwords, accounts, whatever you want in an encrypted fashion.

I like it because of all the different platforms it supports and I know I have any of my personal information accessible to me at any time, anywhere. It is not free, but well worth the price IMO. They have a new version called eWallet GO that syncs via the cloud, but has a few less features.

Kurt