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pigman1
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Feb 26, 2014

Keeping Passwords Safe

Anyone out there have problems with passwords? I was getting more and more concerned that my passwords for various important sites were not as safe as they could be, especially when traveling. I did a count the other day and found I had 103 passwords for sites I visit. Some of these were innocuous such as common forums, but others were quite critical for such things as bank accounts and investment houses. Keeping these safe, suitably complex and changing them when necessary has become quite a chore. I’ve tried numerous password managers but most were awkward to use or downright unusable.

I recently found DASHLANE clickey on line. It’s free, relatively easy to use, private, and has received a number of good reviews. What I like is that it enters your password and username into your sign in page automatically. In addition, you can have it generate complex passwords or come up with them yourself. It will also store non-password items such as credit card numbers, safe combinations and secure notes you want to keep private. It doesn’t work perfectly on all sites, but overall I’d give it a B+ to A-

Other than being a happy user, I have no interest in the company or any of it’s products. Check it out if you have some of the similar concerns as I had.
  • Do any of these programs also store the answers to your security questions? Granted it should be easy to remember answers to typical questions but you could slip on punctuation or capitalization. I have one site (military) that has 8 security questions.
  • I don't want any of my passwords in the cloud. I use a personal algorithm...a string of letters (lowercase and uppercase) and numbers that have personal meaning for me, but wouldn't for anyone else. I use that same string of characters for every website, but add a couple more characters to the beginning or end that relate to the site I'm on. So, for example, if my string is Gh34kL76 and I was on Amazon, I'd know to add An or aN to the beginning or end of the string for that password. The original string is easy to remember, since it has personal meaning for only me, and the rest is based on the name of the site I'm on, so it might sound complicated, but works very well.

    DH works in IT, and says this is a very secure way to remember a variety of passwords.
  • A paper notebook and a pen - kept in a safe place where only I can see it.
  • I use KeePass on a thumbdrive - never online unless I need a password and no cloud hacking/data loss issues.
  • Roboform is about the best thing going.

    Roboform

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  • lol what happens when the cloud site gets hacked?

    use roboform, in local mode
  • RV Volunteers CONUS wrote:
    Safe In Cloud,

    Syncs User Name, PW across all our laptops, tablets and smartphones.

    DW gets any additions or changes I make.

    Works great!
    Yes, but there are those of us who are not too excited about anything in the cloud. You can get multiple machines using this program by transferring your info on a chip or thumb drive without ever putting it out over the net. Just a personal preference of a suspicious person.
  • Safe In Cloud,

    Syncs User Name, PW across all our laptops, tablets and smartphones.

    DW gets any additions or changes I make.

    Works great!
  • I use Roboform for the same thing. It isn't free, unless you have only a few passwords. I've got a couple hundred, or more, passwords and can't imagine trying to remember them.

    Like you said, it is nice not to have to enter CC numbers, addresses, ID's and passwords. Just one less thing to worry about.

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