pass words.

[alfred]

i have put on my computer a (pass word checker) to which i can test pass words to see if  they are safe, the checker tells me how long it would take a person to crack that word ,

if o.k i put that password in my book , for future references ,and use it as and when i change pass words which i do every so often ,and i have a long list just in case.,

Q ; perhaps you do things differently ,

[Scrumpy]

I don't use lots of passwords.. I just muck around with the main one that I use..

[crabbyob]

i hate passwords, i read a bit of great advice someplace, use the same password for everything just use a prefix...LCC for here...FB for facebook... YM for yahoomail..

[Alex]

I use different passwords, I keep a list but I know that's not a good idea.   

[Sheila]

i hate passwords, i read a bit of great advice someplace, use the same password for everything just use a prefix...LCC for here...FB for facebook... YM for yahoomail..

A friend of mine does that and is happy with it.

[crabbyob]

it might have been you who posted that Sheila.... in another place..

[alfred]

where possible i have different pass words for every thing I'm on
simply playing safe where as if i used the   same password and some one got access to it then they would be able to access every web site or address
and any accounts that i have ,

and just in case i keep all these different and varying passwords listed with the emails i use, in my book ,  just in case i forget,

[klondike]

If you use the same password everywhere it just increases the chances that yours will be exposed in a data breach. Check here which have... https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords

[crabbyob]

should we put our account numbers in too

[alfred]

DEFINEATELY NOT

[klondike]

There's at least one website that commited the cardinal sin of storing password in plain text in its database. One I used in a lot of incosequential places got exposed in that manner. Putting passwords in that site is safe enought as they are not combined with userid or email address. Obviously they were in the data breaches.

This was it - a free web hosting site as described on HaveIBeenPwned
https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#:~:text=In%20approximately%20March%202015%2C%20the,addresses%20and%20plain%20text%20passwords.

The site makes its excuses here https://www.000webhost.com/000webhost-database-hacked-data-leaked

[Michael Rolls]

with the exception of my bank passwords, I have them all on a Word document - it runs to six pages of A4
Mike