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    • wirestyle22W
      wirestyle22
      last edited by

      I set mine as my screen saver so when I leave my computer logged in under the administrator account for longer than 30 minutes (every day) it forces me to login again--which is annoying and everyone here says is pointless (I agree). That way I never forget my password.

      /heavy sarcasm

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender @Carnival Boy
        last edited by

        @Carnival-Boy said:

        Do you all let your browser store your passwords? Any good reason not to?

        Nope, any good reason - well, Lastpass can import them, that kinda tells me that an infection can export them - so.. yeah, no thanks.

        of course, I suppose it might be possible for an infection to export an open vault on Lastpass as well, but that would have to be specifically programmed.

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        • KellyK
          Kelly @JaredBusch
          last edited by

          @JaredBusch said:

          @NattNatt said:

          I remember mine...always been a bit wary of using an application to store them...then, if someone gets into that, they have everything surely..?

          I have hundreds of unique passwords for all the various systems and sites and services I use. There is zero chance that I can remember all of those passwords.

          I'm with you on that. It seems like every government agency has different requirements, and many of them state that you cannot reuse a password period. I cannot keep 20+ passwords with their crazy and conflicting complexity requirements stashed in my head when I only use them once a month (to keep my account active).

          I use LastPass currently. I'm waiting warily for LMI to do something stupid and I'll jump then, but at this point the effort is not worth it.

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          • Deleted74295D
            Deleted74295 Banned
            last edited by Deleted74295

            LastPass user. - Hopefully they don't break it.

            https://www.dashlane.com/premium

            Dashlane is way more expensive though. I can buy 3 years of LastPass for 4$ cheaper than a single DashLane year.

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            • DanpD
              Danp
              last edited by

              Roboform

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              • stacksofplatesS
                stacksofplates
                last edited by

                I use keepass. I have the database in dropbox and then I have a key file that's stored on each device (including mobile) so it does update all of the time.

                It's not the prettiest or most convenient to do it that way but it works.

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                • stacksofplatesS
                  stacksofplates @Kelly
                  last edited by stacksofplates

                  @Kelly said:

                  @JaredBusch said:

                  @NattNatt said:

                  I remember mine...always been a bit wary of using an application to store them...then, if someone gets into that, they have everything surely..?

                  I have hundreds of unique passwords for all the various systems and sites and services I use. There is zero chance that I can remember all of those passwords.

                  I'm with you on that. It seems like every government agency has different requirements, and many of them state that you cannot reuse a password period. I cannot keep 20+ passwords with their crazy and conflicting complexity requirements stashed in my head when I only use them once a month (to keep my account active).

                  I use LastPass currently. I'm waiting warily for LMI to do something stupid and I'll jump then, but at this point the effort is not worth it.

                  I wish my personal bank was like that. I used my default password generator setup and I was informed that I can only use letters and numbers, no special characters.....

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                  • gjacobseG
                    gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    Stickie notes.

                    http://e.lvme.me/pzv5j7l.jpg

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