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Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords?

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Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> wrote:
> On 11/03/14 16:18, Randy Westlund wrote:
>> My parents had their ebay account hacked last night, and the guy who
>> had control of it was buying dodgecoin and litecoin as fast as he
>> could.  I'm helping them deal with the situation, and finally
>> convinced them not to use the same dictionary word as a password on
>> all their accounts.  The incident has caused me to reflect on how I
>> can better manage my own passwords.
>>
>> Currently, I use a common crappy password on unimportant sites, and
>> a serious one for important accounts with a common base that varies
>> based on the domain name.  But I'm worried that if a human were to
>> recover the plaintext of my password for one site, they may be able
>> to figure out my passwords for other sites as well.
>>
>> I'm really curious about password managers such as LastPass,
>> KeePass, and pass.
>>
>> https://lastpass.com/
>> http://keepass.info/
>> http://www.zx2c4.com/projects/password-store/
>>
>> I really like the ability to use ridiculously strong passwords, but
>> I'm concerned about limited accessibility to them.  What if I need
>> to check my account balance on my phone when I'm out at a store
>> somewhere?  What if I'm on someone else's windows machine and can't
>> ssh into my server (assuming I use pass) or my browser plugins
>> (assuming I use a browser-based utility).  This is the trade-off
>> between security and convenience, and finding the right balance is
>> difficult.
>>
>> For those of you who use password managers, how do you handle these
>> situations?  For those of you who don't, what password management
>> strategy do you use?
>>
> 
> I use KeePassX - and a compatible app for Android. I keep the master 
> file on a USB stick (Corsair Survivor - nearly indestructible) and a 
> second copy on my phone.
> 
> I use it so often I never forget my mentally long passphrase. This means 
> I can have loads of weird and non dictionary passwords for sites that 
> matter.
> 
> Works for me and SWMBO

Same here, been using Keepassx for years now. It replaced a file
folder full of post-it notes. I use the Comments section to keep
track of the "secret questions"  sites use for additional validation
or password reset. Beats trying to remember "your favorite movie star"
of 10 years ago.

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Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-11 16:18 +0000
  Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-03-11 17:14 +0000
    Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-11 21:14 +0000
      Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-03-12 02:49 +0000
        Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-12 04:08 +0000
          Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-12 08:08 +0000
            Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-12 08:26 +0000
  Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-03-11 17:20 +0000
    Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-03-11 20:24 +0000
      Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-03-11 20:48 +0000
  Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-11 19:49 +0000
  Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-11 20:49 +0000
  Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? "Andy K." <andy.k466@gmail.com> - 2014-03-11 23:17 +0100
    Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-12 01:01 +0000
    Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-12 09:43 +0000
      Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-12 21:15 +0000
  Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2014-03-12 08:04 +0000
    Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-12 08:58 +0000
      Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2014-03-12 09:07 +0000
      Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Memnon Anon <memnon+usenet@freeshell.org> - 2014-03-12 11:04 +0000
        Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-12 21:04 +0000
  Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Morten Nygaard Åsnes <mnaasnes@gmail.com> - 2014-03-12 12:46 +0100
  Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-12 10:16 -0400
  Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-12 14:21 +0000
    Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-03-12 16:21 +0000
    Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? David Jones <david.jones@fmail.co.uk> - 2014-03-12 16:43 +0000
      Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-12 17:14 +0000
        Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-13 06:32 +0000
  Re: Ask Usenet: How do you manage your passwords? "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-17 07:41 +0100

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