[Eclipse]

Using one password is fuckin retarded. I write my passwords down on an encrypted text file on an empty encrypted flash drive.

I heard that the human brain's pretty hard to hack into, and the encryption's pretty good.

[Losi]

I heard that the human brain's pretty hard to hack into, and the encryption's pretty good.

I can't remember random data and number strings very well.

[Nyx]

I heard that the human brain's pretty hard to hack into, and the encryption's pretty good.

A really good brute force tool for the human brain is a metal baseball bat.

[mothered]

I also physically write down my passwords on paper as well. I try to be careful, I haven't lost my flash drive yet!

Yes, It's certainly good practice to store a backup- documented or otherwise.

I've had 2 external HDDs die on me. I do however, keep 2 redundant backups (a backup of a backup), hence the only thing of value I lost was the Hard Disk Itself.

[lux]

My personal password practice is to create an algorithm, usually consisting pre-defines characters, 1 keyphrase and then using specific variables to alter the password.

Base structure:

~keyphrase#(var1*var3)'var3

Keyphrase = lympha
Var1 = # of letters in title
Var2 = # of characters in full url (including decimals)
Var3 = Abbreviation of site name

Password:

~lympha#150'sl

Password for Facebook using same algorithm:

~lympha#119'fb

This way all you need to remember is the key phrase and surrounding characters. You could even write this on a piece of paper, and people still won't be able to use the written evidence. You could even complicate your password by using the keyphrase backwards in your password, or excluding vowels.

[Eclipse]

A really good brute force tool for the human brain is a metal baseball bat.

Naa, I heard it has a tendency to cause damage to the data.

My personal password practice is to create an algorithm, usually consisting pre-defines characters, 1 keyphrase and then using specific variables to alter the password.

Base structure:

Keyphrase = lympha
Var1 = # of letters in title
Var2 = # of characters in full url (including decimals)
Var3 = Abbreviation of site name

Password:

Password for Facebook using same algorithm:

This way all you need to remember is the key phrase and surrounding characters. You could even write this on a piece of paper, and people still won't be able to use the written evidence. You could even complicate your password by using the keyphrase backwards in your password, or excluding vowels.

This is actually quite a nice idea. Just as long as no one knows your algorithm...

[lux]

Naa, I heard it has a tendency to cause damage to the data.


This is actually quite a nice idea. Just as long as no one knows your algorithm...

Only place you keep your algorithm is in your brain.

[Nyx]

Only place you keep your algorithm is in your brain.

Though if someone has a grudge on you and somehow gets a hold of 2 of your passwords they will more than likely notice a pattern.

[Chromium]

I've never used one, I don't put much thought into it.