Best Tool For Remembering Passwords?

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?"

Comments

Re:The most secure place

[AdmiralXyz]

Is your head. Plain and simple. Never write a password down on your hand and NEVER on a sticky note on your monitor. Make at least two or three passwords. One for forum and slashdot and another for banking and secure sites. Use firefox's "master password" lock and set that password to your third password.

Congrats on completely ignoring every part of the OP's question. Your head is not the most secure place if your memory ain't what it used to be, because you'll inevitably be writing it down, and the OP specifically mentioned that he is using Firefox for password management now and wants to move away from that.

It always baffles me when people obviously don't read the question on an Ask Slashdot before jumping in with an answer. What the hell makes you think you can solve someone's problem when you can't even be bothered to know what it is?

(also: writing it on your hand? Seriously? Who does that?)

Re:paper in your wallet

[pengin9]

Damn i love bash