"Scott" wrote in message
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On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 18:48:49 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

On 20/07/2020 10:28, Scott wrote:
On 20 Jul 2020 09:04:01 GMT, Tim Streater
wrote:

On 20 Jul 2020 at 09:51:07 BST, Scott
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:59:43 -0400, Paul
wrote:

I generate long, random, password sequences for each
Internet account created. They're a pain to type in, but I
keep a stack of pieces of paper with the new ones
printed on it.

Why would you need pieces of paper? Can you not use a program that
saves passwords in an encrypted form. What happens if someone breaks
into your house and steals the pieces of paper?

Drat yes, I hope the scrote doesn't notice the book on the bookshelf
with the
word "Passwords" embossed on the spine in gold. I expect such a scrote
would
have a little "Lone Ranger" mask, wear a black-and white striped
jersey, and
carry a bag marked "Swag" over his shoulder.

Thanks for our insightful advice. I'll stop locking my front door -
obviously unnecessary as crime is fake news.

I think you may have missed the point Tim was making. i.e. Just because
you have a file of passwords recorded, it does not have to be obvious or
even intelligible to to someone else if the details are obfuscated, or
simply hidden in lots of other data.

Sorry, I must have been distracted by all the verbiage about scrotes,
lone rangers and swag.

I prefer to hold the passwords in an encrypted form that can be cut
and pasted when needed

I prefer a proper password manager that keeps the passwords
and other routinely provided stuff like you address and the
username etc in a fully encrypted database and automatically
fills in the form you are looking at and which allows you to
select from a list of sites that you log into routinely so you
can go there just by clicking that link. And which automatically
collects the stuff you fill in with a new site and offers to add it
to the database,

than in a disguised form on bits of paper that
needs to be painstakingly typed in each time.
Everyone makes their own choices of course.