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Surprised no one has mentioned OpLop for passwords. I keep a list of sites (containing a site nickname and a password hint). I then wrote a simple md5base64 per
by thereallurch 14y ago
Surprised no one has mentioned OpLop for passwords. I keep a list of sites (containing a site nickname and a password hint). I then wrote a simple md5base64 perl script which combines the nickname and password (similar to OpLop..basically md5(nickname+pass)). Script throws the result on to my clipboard, and I hit paste. Thus, no two sites use the same password. If one site is compromised (ex: zappos.com), I just need to change that one password. Script is on my phone, desktop, and cloud drive.
I use multiple passwords, a different one based off the importance of the site. I was amazed at how many sites impose a 12 character limit (Fidelity...really?).
- acheron 14y agoYeah, I was annoyed by the 12-character limit at Fidelity too. They also prevent punctuation and other characters. I think the problem is that they unify the website password with a password you can enter on the phone if you call them. I guess that makes it easier to remember for a customer so that they don't have two separate passwords, but touch tone-enterable passwords have completely different requirements from Internet passwords, so think it would be better to decouple them.
- Groxx 14y agoMy personal favorites are the ones that silently truncate your password. A few have done this to me, and it used to take a while to realize wtf was wrong when I couldn't sign in right after creating an account. Now I just start shortening the password until it works, which 'fixes' a good 99% of just-signed-up login failures.