Password Strategies
There are quite a few techniques and strategies I’ve used in the past. One of the big no-no’s is using the same password across all your account sites and this is where I started (guilty). It was so easy to do and it worked. It sure beat handwriting post-it notes and sticking them all over the monitor. Then getting confused by poor handwriting of numbers like zeros and letters such as O’s. Well, once I discovered that browsers started to save credentials then I didn’t need to use the same password for sites any longer. Still, I ran into trouble when I was on a different computer or on my phone. I’d be at a friend’s house and could not remember my login so I had to reset the password which was using an old email account which I had forgotten those credentials too. As my frustration grew, I gave up on this.
So then my strategy evolved again. My new technique of passwords included the site’s domain name followed by a number. ie ‘google99’. This worked great for awhile… but of course, the number of websites improved their security policies by requiring special characters & numbers and/or a capital letter so this really wasn’t the best solution. Frustration continued on so I still kept my eyes out for something else.
And that leads me to my favorite password manager where I now have 150+ sites credentials stored.
Solution – How To NOT Forget Your Password
A productivity tool I use every day is the password manager: LastPass.
What makes this great:
- All my passwords are stored in one place
- Easy accessibility with browser, browser add-ons, mobile app
- With the mobile app I no longer have to type longer crazy passwords. I click the copy/paste. Done
- Auto-Fill credentials
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