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A (perhaps) unconventional approach to password management, which I recommend to anyone. If you enjoy complexity, this is too simple for you. No one can steal
by AlbertCory 4y ago
A (perhaps) unconventional approach to password management, which I recommend to anyone. If you enjoy complexity, this is too simple for you.
No one can steal something that's not written down
Just like the Navajo code talkers in WW II had a system that was memorized, so even if the Japanese captured another Navajo and tortured him (which they did), he couldn't reveal the code.
Have some hints to yourself, and store the hints. Even if the file is stolen, the hints won't help the thief. Never, never store a "master key" of what all the hints mean. If you forget one, just click the "forgot my password" link.
I'm not going to even hint at the hints :) I use.
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- maphew 4y agoThis used to be my main approach, but now I only use it for some key sites and rely on a password manager for the other 90%. Why the change? Watching the mental deterioration of aging on friends and family, and noting the beginnings of such things in myself. My mind is so much slower than it used to be, including recall. It's not only aging. A friend had a concussion from a lousy picture frame falling off the wall. It wasn't even that big or heavy. 3 years later still slowly rebuilding mental and language function.
- maphew 4y agoI forgot the other part of my reasoning: my hints only work for me. If I am incapacitated in a way that affects my password recall the hints won't mean shit to my family.
- AlbertCory 4y agoYou've hit on it: The big advantage is, the hints are only meaningful to you. The big disadvantage is, the hints are only meaningful to you.
- Vinnl 4y agoOh, perfect. A three-letter word, "earth revolves around the ...". I didn't write it down, so no one can steal it. Simple indeed, thanks!
- AlbertCory 4y agoif that's the quality of your hints, I'd say stick with the password managers.