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Call me crazy, but I use my memory. I also use RSA fobs for the important/big stuff.

pavel_lishin 15y ago
Your memory must be much better than mine. Recommended procedure is to use a different and secure password for every site you care about, right? That's three bank accounts, several work-related accounts, a couple of social media sites, etc. I'd have to remember at least 20 difficult passwords on a daily basis.
- nettdata 15y ago
  Maybe it is... who knows. It's a hell of a lot easier to do if you don't make it about straight random memorization though. I have a little memory association I do with every site I need an account/pass for, based on various characters out of books I've read. Every site has a character I've associated with it, to make it easier to remember, and I have a simple (to me) algorithm I use to generate the password that includes various capitalization and special characters. Sure, it might take a bit of work early on to remember stuff, but if you learn how to memorize things effectively, it makes it much easier. Mind you, I also know all my CC numbers, passport number, drivers license, etc., as well, so maybe I'm just weird.
  - pavel_lishin 15y ago
    Maybe not weird, but definitely better than me. I remember my driver's license, my phone number, my girlfriend's, and my parents'. That's about it. The mnemonic is a good idea. I've thought about doing that - but then I fear that I'd forget the mnemonic :)
    - cheez 15y ago
      I have to look at my phone every time someone asks me for my phone number. I don't know if this means that my brain is dying or that I don't bother remembering information that I can easily look up...
  - Inversechi 15y ago
    That's some awesome memory you've got!
0x1337 15y ago
Memorizing may be good, but it does not scale well. I do remember some of my passwords, but my entire password database has more than 1000 entries, all of which are nicely long, randomly generated passwords.
justatdotin 15y ago
I use my memory for all my passwords (lots) and quite a few client / account numbers. I like to do it that way cos it's fast, but on the odd occasion, maybe once a year, I have a 'bad day' when I can't remember -any-.

Your memory must be much better than mine. Recommended procedure is to use a different and secure password for every site you care about, right? That's three bank accounts, several work-related accounts, a couple of social media sites, etc. I'd have to remember at least 20 difficult passwords on a daily basis.

nettdata 15y ago
Maybe it is... who knows. It's a hell of a lot easier to do if you don't make it about straight random memorization though. I have a little memory association I do with every site I need an account/pass for, based on various characters out of books I've read. Every site has a character I've associated with it, to make it easier to remember, and I have a simple (to me) algorithm I use to generate the password that includes various capitalization and special characters. Sure, it might take a bit of work early on to remember stuff, but if you learn how to memorize things effectively, it makes it much easier. Mind you, I also know all my CC numbers, passport number, drivers license, etc., as well, so maybe I'm just weird.
- pavel_lishin 15y ago
  Maybe not weird, but definitely better than me. I remember my driver's license, my phone number, my girlfriend's, and my parents'. That's about it. The mnemonic is a good idea. I've thought about doing that - but then I fear that I'd forget the mnemonic :)
  - cheez 15y ago
    I have to look at my phone every time someone asks me for my phone number. I don't know if this means that my brain is dying or that I don't bother remembering information that I can easily look up...
- Inversechi 15y ago
  That's some awesome memory you've got!

0x1337 15y ago

Memorizing may be good, but it does not scale well. I do remember some of my passwords, but my entire password database has more than 1000 entries, all of which are nicely long, randomly generated passwords.

justatdotin 15y ago

I use my memory for all my passwords (lots) and quite a few client / account numbers. I like to do it that way cos it's fast, but on the odd occasion, maybe once a year, I have a 'bad day' when I can't remember -any-.