Remembering Passwords!

[laz98]

How do you keep track of all of your various passwords?  I seem to have a lot, & am open to suggestions.

[Anonymous]

I put all mine in a word document and lock it to everyone but me.

[haulingthescoreup]

Mine have a pattern that is tailored to each creditor. If you know the pattern and the creditor, then you too can pay my bills!

[Junejer]

excel spreadsheet

[Anonymous]

I keep a little 200-page, 4 X 6 note pad with me that contain all site passwords, answers to security questions, account numbers, blogs, etc.

[llecs]

Ditto to Excel. I keep it on there, made the file name innocent looking (like Book1), put it on a different tab, and made all the lettering white so you can't see it if anyone ever gained access to the file, and I'll abbreviate the password info. I also keep all of my CC and debit numbers on there with pin numbers, exp. dates and 3 digit codes. I scramble those numbers just to be safe.

[joy1979]

I know this isn't the best way but i keep them written down in my journal. That excel option sounds good though.

[laz98]

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@llecs wrote:
Ditto to Excel. I keep it on there, made the file name innocent looking (like Book1), put it on a different tab, and made all the lettering white so you can't see it if anyone ever gained access to the file, and I'll abbreviate the password info. I also keep all of my CC and debit numbers on there with pin numbers, exp. dates and 3 digit codes. I scramble those numbers just to be safe.

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this sounds like a winner!  i will just add a tab into my bills spreadsheet!  thanks llecs 

[MattH]

At any time I have about three current passwords, one only for my work, one for "high security" accounts and one for "low security" accounts like some random website.  A former boss of mine had a Gaelic dictionary and a pattern only he knew for selecting passwords from it.  Whatever works for you without either using something obvious or writing it down is best.  For instance, have you a favorite poem?  Maybe use first letters of successive lines with a few numbers mixed in or something...

[MattH]

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@Anonymous wrote:
I put all mine in a word document and lock it to everyone but me.

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The encryption of Word is not terribly high security and could be broken by somebody technical.  There are better encryption programs you should use instead.