Thanks!

I use two techniques to remember passwords:

1. - for applications that will have no bearing on personal security, I use the same ones over and over. Obviously for the secure stuff that matters I have separate ones.
2. - I have a text file buried on my computer somewhere that has all my passwords on it. It has an innocent looking name. After all, if anyone with real computer skills got access to my machine, they could find all that stuff anyway.

I have also seen people who put stickers on their monitor.

And your daughter deserves all the congratulations she can get.

I have a little Gator friend who remembers all of my passwords. He even fills in my address info. on forms. It's a free download at

Regina

Gator is spyware -- downloading it is a mistake.

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Elise

My partner puts an extra layer of security on this technique. He has such a text file, but instead of giving the password itself, his gives a *hint* to the password -- one which would (hopefully!) be meaningful only to him.

I tend to use passwords from a couple of relatively obscure SF books. Anyone who's read those books will be able to take some pretty good guesses at what my passwords might be... but the odds of someone both having read them *and* trying to hack my computer are pretty low IMO.

Celine

I was just going to post the same thing, thanks for doing it! I have had many problems with spyware lately, including boot sector problems. I highly recommend not using it.

OH man....Spyware is awful. I found SpyBot and highly recommend it as a way to get rid of spyware and trackers. I think it's SpyBot.com. If it's not, a google search will find it.

The Use of Foul Language in Written Communication: The Tiny Rumblings of the Ineffectual and Stunted Thinker. The Inability to Think Beyond The Obivious and The Crude. ~~~Henry A. Byrne

I tend to use passwords from a couple of relatively obscure SF books>

even an obscure word is hackable

The government requires our passwords to be a combination of minimum 8 digits no recognizable word in the dictionary At least ONE Capital Letter At least one number at LEAST one special character and no repeats

the easiest way around this is to insert the required characters into the word you want to remember Say your first dog as a child was named Rocket- and that's what you want to use - but you can't - it's not eight digits and it is a recognizable word... so - you can say - I was six when I got him and he was the best ( ! ) insert these into the word -.... so your password would be Roc6ket! that will pass the filters where I work - and is less likely to be guessed by someone..... using a plain word ALONE can be broken by dictionary search engine password breakers. .... Cheryl of DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass

My obscure words aren't going to be in any dictionary. Unless they're using a brute-force 26**8[1] matrix, a dictionary attack won't do them any good.

Celine

Thanks for the head's up on Gator. Ignore what I said. I will be removing it from my computer.

Regina