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Re: Forgetting passwords

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On 4/2/15, 10:00 AM, Warren Oates wrote:
> In article <co4vp2FbnvuU1@mid.individual.net>,
> Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-04-02, Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > It's not Alzheimers (yet), but I'm rapidly approaching a crisis with
>> > forgetting passwords.  I have four "computers" which I currently use
>> > for logging on to web sites: Apple desktop (MacPro), Apple laptop
>> > (Macbook Pro), iPhone (6+), iPad (2).  My desktop seems to be doing a
>> > good job remembering my logins, so I don't have to enter them.  But it
>> > is not communicating with the other 3 devices, so when I set up a new
>> > password on my desktop, I would like the other 3 to immedialy have them
>> > (encrypted, of course).
>> >
>> > Does anyone know of a program, or settings, or a process that can give
>> > me that?  Then I can continue to turn stupid without too much
>> > punishment.
>> >
>> 1Password.
>
> Yeah, and I keep a printed list of passwords in my desk. Hackers can't
> get into my drawers ...

I keep things simple by using the same password for all my accounts.  I 
keep it on a paper in my drawer under my snapit alert.  It used to peep 
when I opened the drawer.

That's three levels of protection: having a password, keeping it out of 
sight, and covering it with an alarm that would peep if the 9-volt 
battery connector weren't broken.

Call me Mr. Security, but I have two more levels of protection. I wrote 
it backwards.  How many hackers go around with a mirror when they look 
in people's drawers?

If he had a mirror, he'd still be out of luck.  Before committing it to 
paper, I translated mentally it into an extinct language.  It says 
"asswordpay." No modern hacking academy has a Pig Latin Studies Program.

I hope I don't lose that paper. When I'm asked for my password, 
sometimes I have to refresh my memory.

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Forgetting passwords Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-02 09:41 -0400
  Re: Forgetting passwords Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2015-04-02 13:50 +0000
    Re: Forgetting passwords Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-04-02 10:00 -0400
      Re: Forgetting passwords Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-02 07:48 -0700
      Re: Forgetting passwords dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-03 06:51 +1100
      Re: Forgetting passwords J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-05 21:39 -0400
        Re: Forgetting passwords dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-06 15:17 +1000
        Re: Forgetting passwords Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-04-06 09:17 -0400
          Re: Forgetting passwords Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-06 06:58 -0700
            Re: Forgetting passwords Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-04-06 12:46 -0400
          Re: Forgetting passwords Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-04-07 08:59 +1200
          Re: Forgetting passwords Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-07 02:43 +0000
            Re: Forgetting passwords Ymir <agisaak.spamblock@gmail.com> - 2015-04-06 20:57 -0600
    Re: Forgetting passwords Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-02 07:48 -0700
      Re: Forgetting passwords Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-02 14:54 +0000
        Re: Forgetting passwords dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2015-04-03 19:01 +0100
          Re: Forgetting passwords Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-03 11:54 -0700
          Re: Forgetting passwords Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-04-04 09:43 +1200
            Re: Forgetting passwords Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-03 13:49 -0700
            Re: Forgetting passwords tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-04-05 22:12 +0000
    Re: Forgetting passwords Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-04-02 11:54 -0400
    Re: Forgetting passwords tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-04-05 22:10 +0000
  Re: Forgetting passwords Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-02 14:05 +0000
  Re: Forgetting passwords Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-04-02 10:47 -0400
  Re: Forgetting passwords Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-02 14:51 +0000
    Re: Forgetting passwords tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-04-05 22:16 +0000
      Re: Forgetting passwords Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-04-06 11:55 +1200
  Re: Forgetting passwords Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-04-03 08:28 +1200
    Re: Forgetting passwords Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2015-04-02 21:36 +0000
  Re: Forgetting passwords awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-04-07 08:03 -0700
  Re: Forgetting passwords Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-09 23:37 -0700

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