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  1. Passwords on Writing Down Passwords? · · Score: 1

    My suggestions: #1 write your passwords down in runes, or some other childhood code that you have remembered. This will keep you passwords safe from normal ppl. #2 Memorize several alpha numeric strings and give them names. Modify these passwords with non-alpha numberic characters at the beginning an end. You can write these passwords down in a short form that no one other than your self will readily decipher. If you fear memory loss at some point in the future, write down your password strings and put them someplace safe and obscure. You may wish to impliment suggestion #1 when you write down this list. #3 Store your passwords in a text file, that is zipped, passworded, and then renamed to a JPG or mp3 or exe. Store this file on removable media and label it with something obscure that no one would be interested in. floppies labled dos 3.2, cd's labled old old wares or system ghosts, or on a removable flash/usb drive. #4 Store your passwords in a text file. XOR that text file. Zip the text file with password encryption, then append the file to the end of another file. Store it on a 5.25 floppy. #5 Give your passwords personal security levels. 1 - Anyone, 2 - Friends, 3 - Coworkers, 4 - signigicant other(s), 5 - no one.