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Best Tool For Remembering Passwords?

Posted by kdawson on from the encrypted-plain-text-file-on-a-stick dept.

StonyCreekBare writes "Lately I've been rethinking my personal security practices. Should my laptop be stolen, having Firefox 'fill in' passwords automatically for me when I go to my bank's site seems sub-optimal. Keeping passwords for all the varied sites on the computer in a plain-text file seems unwise as well. Keeping them in my brain is a prescription for disaster, as my brain is increasingly leaky. A paper notepad likewise has its disadvantages. I have looked at a number of password managers, password 'vaults' and so on. The number of tools out there is a bit overwhelming. Magic Password Generator add-in for Firefox seems competent, but it's tied to Firefox, and I have other places and applications where I want passwords. And I might be accessing my sites from other computers that don't have it installed. The ideal tool in my mind should be something that is independent of any application, browser, or computer; something that is easily carried, but which if lost poses no risk of compromise. What does the Slashdot crowd like in password tools?"

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  1. Re:paper in your wallet by NevarMore · · Score: 5, Informative

    I do something similar, but its the default output of pwgen. All I have to do is recall the first few syllables, the general grid location of the password, or just a part of the password.

    I carry this around in my wallet, sure my password is on there, but with no real frame of reference its hard to decipher and make a guess.

    Also, suggest printing with a fixed width font.

    $ pwgen
    gah5eiP2 Ga4cie3c ya6gaiTi eic1EeCo Shaisae5 ChaeXah2 Jaet0ooz ahThai3j
    Yie7UH9f Iefie1ja ooghu8Oh uot7aeL0 gughes2M fahGh9ah Ohz7ohto wae2Seh1
    avah3Oog Iechie2f eiPhoZi9 Mavohli9 Kohshis7 Meilo8ce Queis5hu Eiz9aij8
    Pae9ahPu Equ0zoo9 Oothahk3 pich2Xao IeZai3ae aiLa7Ath Eol2aes7 aeZ5raht
    AVai9nee Aam7ahzo Ioch2oqu faiGh0th eYae2ohl si7Te0we einai3Wa oash6Ahj
    Eik5uul2 opai8zoY ohw5Ihaf Mi7keix9 aevi1Wa3 mo9ohJ5I Piek2yoR Si1phieZ
    Ahc9luch ohNg6Oon daghieP9 reCh7jas joo4ooVi yooR6yeu eeph5Aip shie3Ahp
    quoVeg8U Nee3phah CahXee0r aoD8Thai Ai5Aigha eePh0zee Cheip5Ch xeebe0Oy
    laeFeez4 Ag9sheeR Ga4gooph Oijae9da aePao2ta ahz8ieNg bu9EhieS quooWoo3
    ahghea7N Bot9hieC He3eeGhi ouli8Oof ik3Ohsoh Rahz9Che aeXaNg1e soh3Thee
    Ahkith6u Ahs2Zuid eth6Ej0o Go0iho1d xaPhah9z aiNg1yoh Aer8Eet3 juZ3aThu
    gee4KooK Hee9iqu3 Duh4aipu AiP6ahph Shaec5ne neeXa6Re Roh6fief Baef9ieM
    eeGoo4ie eva1aeQu lu4hiJoh sae2DuYu fahGae7b Doh5Ifi6 jeish9Ae Rierieb5
    Eedae7Iu moo6aiG3 ohNei0ie ew9ieHeu xoh5caeL NeiD0ohs iipe4aeP Lich0xak
    Oozei5ao gaNgieV2 Dei0ae9l us3Loh8k phal5aeN aip0KeeV Aeg1rais oth1Ahdi
    was3ow8Y Oquud1bu emee7Ohr iewa6baJ ao8Airie beegooL9 heiveF7u ongooD9w
    iic4uGh0 Ohn9zeiC Neen4noh kei1Seng chieV3oh QuuQu2ju Eex1gaf3 aot8Dah1
    EDoh1aej eaBae1ri Eih0woh6 Eiw3Johp Yi3aizuu Og9shohl ho6mi6Xu AeT8eihu
    Iev5ohph lies0Iev eeV4jiek Tha1xoo8 gua9biiT aa4Maiga ohXoh3ai eisi8Jee
    Ieloh3mo Quoch6sh Eecha0Ra zahnguM8 ieP5Jeye Mao5maec Ephae8af quihei8A