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In an imperfect world this is the optimal combination of security and convenience. A google drive spreadsheet full of passwords. The gmail account is U2F. Me
by sunstone 8y ago
In an imperfect world this is the optimal combination of security and convenience.
A google drive spreadsheet full of passwords. The gmail account is U2F. Memorize the (long) account password and then copy and paste from the spreadsheet.
Benefits:
* is not a honey pot target like a password manager
* easily accommodates long random passwords
* convenient access
* cannot be misplaced
* account password very likely to remain secured
- marssaxman 8y agoWhat is "U2F"?
- sunstone 8y agoIt's a hardware key that provides 2 factor authentication for GMail.
- sunstone 8y agoI wrote this (above) comment expecting to get a load of down votes, but there are none. If anyone really wants to use this technique then please store all your passwords in TRIPLICATE in the spreadsheet. This is because if you fat finger or fat mouse one of the three you'll have two others to recover with. If you have only one copy and you mess it up (yes I've done it a few times) then your 16 digit random password will be gone forever.