If you write it on paper, include the same short word on the end of all your passwords that you don’t write down. Password is Hunter2duck but you only write down Hunter2.
*Actually this might be a good idea for password managers too. Brb. **I wonder if hackers thought of this too. If so this could be easy to crack if they get past the password manager. Maybe inserting a letter into the password after the nth character would work better.
I write my passwords on paper in code, like my dad taught me to do.
However, just a personal anectdote, my uncle passed suddenly and he had written all his passwords (not in code) on a spreadsheet with each account, which he then printed. I promise you, this single piece of paper was one of the most helpful things I could’ve asked for in sorting out all of his assets. It was a genuine lifesaver. Now I often think that maybe I should be sharing my password with an S.O. or someone else close to me just to make their life easier if I were to die tomorrow.
I mean… Can’t happen if you keep your stuff encrypted like with KeePassXC. Even if someone gets my password database, it’s useless for them since they don’t know how to decrypt it. That’s why I don’t use some online service, though using one of the online services is certainly better than reusing a weak remembered password.
If you write it on paper, include the same short word on the end of all your passwords that you don’t write down. Password is Hunter2duck but you only write down Hunter2.
*Actually this might be a good idea for password managers too. Brb. **I wonder if hackers thought of this too. If so this could be easy to crack if they get past the password manager. Maybe inserting a letter into the password after the nth character would work better.
I write my passwords on paper in code, like my dad taught me to do.
However, just a personal anectdote, my uncle passed suddenly and he had written all his passwords (not in code) on a spreadsheet with each account, which he then printed. I promise you, this single piece of paper was one of the most helpful things I could’ve asked for in sorting out all of his assets. It was a genuine lifesaver. Now I often think that maybe I should be sharing my password with an S.O. or someone else close to me just to make their life easier if I were to die tomorrow.
See you can tell your family the “duck” part. Then anyone that steals the paper still can’t do it.
And that’s how your uncle Billy starts a new life in Mexico using your identity. A tale as old as time.
All I see is *******
I just see
*******duckThis is just a hack. If you use encryption to store passwords, that becomes just a nuisance.
Unfortunately I see headlines every now and then that whatever password manager was compromised.
I mean… Can’t happen if you keep your stuff encrypted like with KeePassXC. Even if someone gets my password database, it’s useless for them since they don’t know how to decrypt it. That’s why I don’t use some online service, though using one of the online services is certainly better than reusing a weak remembered password.
Hopefully passwords are encrypted so the hackers get useless data