Memory Tools for Password Management?
New Media Blogger asks: "A co-worker of mine recently got burned hard because they used the same password for all of their online accounts. This experience led me to compile a list of easy-to-use password management memory tools (all free, of course), which make it infinitely easier for me to keep track of my dozens of passwords. I am sure many of the Slashdot crowd have memory tools of their own — what are you favourite password memorization tools?"
For accounts I don't care who access (like my free nytimes.com account), and in fact want people to crack to mess up the tracking data, I use the same password across all of them.
For infrequently used sites I choose a strong password, and forget it. Then, whenever I need that password, I get them to e-mail me a new one.
For accounts I use often and care about, I suck it up and memorize it. Pull a word or two, scramble the letters, add some numbers and punctuation randomly. Oftentimes, just thinking of that word, and cause I'm predicatable, I can recreate the password.
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