"Bob Engelhardt" wrote in message
...
David Billington wrote:
... I still have a
memory and can remember various things like that easily. ...

Wow! You must have one good memory. Or your passwords are too obvious.
Or you don't have that many. *Some* of my account names and passwords are
on 3 x 5 cards and that deck is 1/2" thick.

Most of mine are encryptions that follow an algorithm I have in my head, and
a memorized sequence for applying the algorithm. Sometimes I have to stand
for a moment in front of ATM machines, and at the supermarket, while I run
the algorithm in my 30-Hertz central processing unit, which I keep under my
hat. d----8-)

The rest have another encryption, without a memorized sequence, applied to
them before I write them down in my travelling notebook. I need a pencil
and a piece of paper, sometimes, to decode them. But unless a crypto-type
gets his hands on my notebook, and figures out that the encrypted codes
written there are not the real passwords -- and then figures out the
algorithm -- it's pretty secure.

At home, I have another notebook that never leaves the house. That one has
the unencrypted passwords. As long as I don't have a burglary in my home,
they're Ok.

--
Ed Huntress



I let FireFox remember my passwords - I like the convenience. As far as
"That means that ANYONE who has access to your computer has access
to your passwords.", I don't consider it a problem. My computer is in my
home & anyone who's invited in is not a threat. Those who aren't invited
aren't going to sit at my computer and go through my Favorites looking for
buried treasure. It's in-and-out for them. And my old and tired computer
is not something that that they'll waste time carrying out.

That said, I did recently switch to LastPass 'cause it's even more
convenient.

Bob