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The easy solution is to use https://lastpass.com/ https://lastpass.com/ Even if for some reason you don't trust it for your most critical passwords, you can use

The easy solution is to use https://lastpass.com/ https://lastpass.com/ Even if for some reason you don't trust it for your most critical passwords, you can use it to fill in details and generate a password for random sites.

sparkie 12y ago
Don't trust that company with your data, trust this one instead! This is never the solution. The solution is to abstain from services which need your data, and which don't give you the source code of the software so that you can verify whether or not it does what they say it does. Try instead: KeePassX, or KeePass2
- bachmeier 12y ago
  Do you know anything about LastPass? You don't trust them with your data because they don't have access to it: https://lastpass.com/how-it-works/ https://lastpass.com/how-it-works/
mtdewcmu 12y ago
I've heard of Lastpass, but, as far as I know, it only solves one problem, namely giving users a place to keep a password list that can be accessed through the web.
- bachmeier 12y ago
  There are a number of ways to use it. Three of them are: - Saving your username and password and then filling in the details when you visit the site. - Keeping secure notes for things like security questions (or anything else you want) - Filling in information on registration forms. Encryption and decryption take place on your computer. The only thing that goes to LastPass is the encrypted information. They have no way to see what you're storing on their servers. That's why you're out of luck if you lose your password. The biggest advantage to me is that I want to generate unique passwords like %T124_tatWE4%%^&Tx-234rq for each registration, but there's no way I could possibly remember them, so I'd be forced to carry a written copy everywhere. That's not very secure so I reuse semi-safe passwords instead. With LastPass I generate a unique 16-character password and never have to remember it.
  - mtdewcmu 12y ago
    LastPass is better-implemented than I thought, then. You should be able to trust it. That addresses some of the inconvenience of account proliferation, but not all.

sparkie 12y ago

Don't trust that company with your data, trust this one instead! This is never the solution. The solution is to abstain from services which need your data, and which don't give you the source code of the software so that you can verify whether or not it does what they say it does. Try instead: KeePassX, or KeePass2

bachmeier 12y ago
Do you know anything about LastPass? You don't trust them with your data because they don't have access to it: https://lastpass.com/how-it-works/ https://lastpass.com/how-it-works/

mtdewcmu 12y ago

I've heard of Lastpass, but, as far as I know, it only solves one problem, namely giving users a place to keep a password list that can be accessed through the web.

bachmeier 12y ago
There are a number of ways to use it. Three of them are: - Saving your username and password and then filling in the details when you visit the site. - Keeping secure notes for things like security questions (or anything else you want) - Filling in information on registration forms. Encryption and decryption take place on your computer. The only thing that goes to LastPass is the encrypted information. They have no way to see what you're storing on their servers. That's why you're out of luck if you lose your password. The biggest advantage to me is that I want to generate unique passwords like %T124_tatWE4%%^&Tx-234rq for each registration, but there's no way I could possibly remember them, so I'd be forced to carry a written copy everywhere. That's not very secure so I reuse semi-safe passwords instead. With LastPass I generate a unique 16-character password and never have to remember it.
- mtdewcmu 12y ago
  LastPass is better-implemented than I thought, then. You should be able to trust it. That addresses some of the inconvenience of account proliferation, but not all.