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Like most people, I keep my passwords in my brain. But I'm usually having a problem finding them. Wish we had some sort of built-in search engine inside our brains.

I also keep my passwords in my head... though I do write them down sometimes until I commit them to memory then destroy the written password. I can usually remember them because they have a meaning to me but at the same time aren't obvious words or things that relate directly to my interests..

What I'd like to know is what *crazy* passwords people have come up with... don't say ones that you're currently using of course.

I think my favorite one I had was for a username called "cheeseflavor"
and the pass was something like ILikeCheeseAndCrackersOnChristmasEve5241976

Excuse me for writing about windows, i know linux a little but have no time to migrate:)
I use PortableRoboForm to have passwordList crypted- so have to remember just one password
(portable edition not to reinstall every time i load image of system, be able to acccess though LAN and have these passwords on pendrive)

I have several passwords, and keep them in my head. I usually use two different passwords, and I frequently do I search on my name with google...
when I see my name and a hash behind it, it's time to change it
it has happened several times, but no damage has been taken yet

cromat wrote:Excuse me for writing about windows, i know linux a little but have no time to migrate:)
I use PortableRoboForm to have passwordList crypted- so have to remember just one password
(portable edition not to reinstall every time i load image of system, be able to acccess though LAN and have these passwords on pendrive)

ditto, and kwallet in linux. (for things like bankings, etc..)
There are also one generic pass for all the trivia things that i keep in my (it's a passphrase actually =) ).
Cheers!!
PS: I just lost my keychain last week in new orleans (which includes my flash drive) and luckily since roboform's stuff is encrypted i feel perfectly fine. Oh, and the folks down there at the university (UNO) who found my key were kind enough to send it back to me, so one thumbs up there!

I have two passwords and use them everywhere, depends of the nick I use.

Regarding all sensetive data that have something to do with computers , internet etc I use my head as the safest vault.
other codes like phone pins , banking and whatnot are noted on documents that nobody can gain physical access to except me , plus they are arranged in a secret rather un-attractive way that wouldn't appeal interesting to anybody in case he/she got to look on them.

In the worst case scenario , I've my emergency plan which's :
making a phone call or two and block the credit cards and online account , you know

Netmaster

I use one password for about 6 sites, then change to a new one. I remember my new password by setting to to my scrolling maquee screensaver on my home pc for a week or two

I use MyPasswordSafe:

http://freshmeat.net/projects/myps/

Though if your on Windows you'll need PasswordSafe:

http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/

They are both open source and use the same file format for storage, which can prove handy. Very easy to use too, BTW.

At work, since we have so many passwords to remember (about 50-60), we use KeePass with a local database to remember them for us. Works well in a Windows environment.

I store them in my mind too, but i have around 10 passwords and i'm starting to write the new ones.

I used to keep passwords in a little notebook that was locked away somewhere secret. Of course I found out one day that the "secret locked up place" wasn't so secret and the lock was a piece of crap.

From that day forward, I have kept a set of rotating passwords in my head. No one will ever figure these out and they are changed often...so I think my safe place for passwords is in my head like some other people on here have stated. So far, I've only forgotten the password to one account - this one (my old screen name was pimpdawny).

Go figure right?

I use ye ol medulla oblongata.

I only have 3 passwords so far that i use. Two of them are my tattoos and the other one is a painting inside my house. =p

i should probably put it on a safe place, but i got it all writed on a paper next to the PC lol, it's easy and more safe than a txt on the desktop...