Brian Gaff wrote
It would also need to take account of the ricently very annoying tendency
for web sites and services to impose password changes on you after a
certaintime. Yahoo seemed to want this.
Mine hasn’t.
My answer was to close Yahoo email and use something else.
To be honest its only machine access and financial services that really
need super security, the email suppliers are far more likely to compromise
your data than anyone hacking it at your end if frequent history is
anything to go by.
This should all really be a thing of the past by now. we should find some
biometric way to do it instead.
We have already with fingerprints and iris scans.
"David" wrote in message
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At the moment I keep a folder (well, more than one) with details like
online access passwords and security questions for various accounts.
Passwords kept with all the other paper work for the account.
Recently I unexpectedly needed some details whilst away from home, so the
system failed!
I am planning now to record the details on portable media for future
proofing. This also allows random answers to obvious questions like
mother's maiden name, first school etc.
I know you can get password managers which can sync between devices but
this places a lot of trust in a remote service, and LastPass has had some
bad press recently.
Assuming that I don't necessarily want automatic generation of long
random
passwords and then pasting of them into web browser fields is there any
reason not to use a flat file (or simple spreadsheet) to record all the
details then use a free encryption package to secure them?
Probably stored on a USB stick.
The main platform would be Windows 10 but Android support would be a
bonus.
The solution should work on the home desktops and the travelling laptops,
so not tied to one PC.
This would also assist in a long overdue upgrade in general security.
Any recommendations most welcome.
Cheers
Dave R
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