How do you keep track of passwords?

[microbru]

Last evening I changed my Craigslist password on my work PC.
Sure enough when I got home, I had to login to pull down an ad.
Of course, I forgot the new password. Solution was to remote in
and pull the password off the Firefox installation on the work PC.

Every website demands authentication these days.
On top of this, I still have a netbook and an iPad to deal with.
I used password managers in the past, but it's still an issue when
you own multiple devices.
Having used the internet since the days of Gopher and Mosaic, I
am no newbie, but what is the solution?

Are password managers better today?
Where do they store your credentials? In the "cloud".
Do we trust the "cloud"?

 

[Lancaster]

I just have 1 password key, but switch up the combinations and variations of it.
For example.... ABC is my key, but for site #1 it might be ABC, site #2 it's ABC123, site #3 will be ABCABC
And so on....

 

[Pantherdash]

Open up a new Word document and list the passwords there under their respective headings. Save it and password protect it. Place it on your desktop and copy and paste the password whenever you need it. Just make sure you remember the password for the Word document.

Panther

 

[laurel love]

I have a different password for everything. I have to do the ole 'lost password' thingy quite a lot. I think I have 5 of them memorized.

 

[AznPleasure]

I use a password manager. Lastpass works really well. Just set one secure master password and store all the others under that. The advantage is that you can use more obscure passwords for your sites and not worry about forgetting them.

 

[twoblues]

I use a password manager. Lastpass works really well. Just set one secure master password and store all the others under that. The advantage is that you can use more obscure passwords for your sites and not worry about forgetting them.

Similar, expect I use KeePass in combination with DropBox. So I have KeePass installed on a Dropbox monitored folder along with a passcode file. This way, I can access it on any computer I run and it stays up to date.

Works for me, especially since I need to keep track of a bunch of client usernames/passwords and I don't want to have to carry a little black book with me everywhere. (well, I suppose I do carry my little black laptop with me everywhere..)

 

[FloridaGuy]

I go lower tech than the actual password-generating/cloud/auto login apps. I just use a notes app on my iphone (NoteMaster), and password-protect the category called "Passwords". Since my phone is always with me, I can just check the password-protected folder when I need to remember a password, login manually, and change the Notes page when I update or add a password. One master password unlocks the Note, and no one but me knows what that complex password is, so if I lose the phone or someone picks it up, they can't get into that particular Note.