Just out of curiosity, how many of us have a reasonable idea of the number of logins we have? At a guess, I'd say I have over 200 simply because over the last year I have logged 150+ in 1Password.
One good source, btw, is the monthly mail-list reminders. -- Owen On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Joseph Spinden <j...@qri.us> wrote: > I certainly do not want to rely on mnemonics, and I find it (almost) > astonishing that people would devote time to developing a mnemonic method. > I long ago came up with a simple two-step device to keep track of my 100's > of passwords: It is called a spreadsheet. All you need to remember is the > password to get into the spreadsheet. This is my "key chain". My method > only works on a device where I can access my spreadsheet, but that is not > an issue for me. I think this could be easily adapted to other devices, > were I so motivated. > > Joe > > > > On 12/4/13, 12:09 PM, Gary Schiltz wrote: > >> In my as yet brief use of LastPass, it is very good on my Mac (and >> probably equally good on Windows). I haven’t yet even tried it on my iPad >> or iPhone, but the problem there is that mobile Safari doesn’t support >> plugins, so the kinds of content rewriting that the plugins must do to work >> seamlessly with the browser can’t be implemented. I don’t know if this is >> just a problem with Safari, but it seems to be a restriction with iOS >> generally, being a highly restricted ecosystem. I suppose Android would be >> less restrictive, although I don’t have any experience with it. >> >> Gary >> >> On Dec 4, 2013, at 1:56 PM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: >> >> Agreed. And do you know one of the biggest problems? Phones! >>> >>> Yes, 1Password and others run on phones, but mainly for browser logins. >>> >>> Then cam "apps". Browser's could't keep up with the demands of phone >>> apps so the devs had to go to "native" apps, or more general PhoneGap type >>> apps. Yes iP can work with them but you have to cut/paste to use them >>> which is a total pain in the rear. >>> >>> Possibly apple's new phones with thumb recognition will simplify things >>> .. you'll have a "key chain" in the sky. But it'll be broken by the bad >>> guys too, I guess. And depends on the apple ecology which I find too >>> incomplete compared with google. >>> >>> -- Owen >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Gary Schiltz < >>> g...@naturesvisualarts.com> wrote: >>> More to the point, our brains are too small and our years too few to >>> fill with mindless drivel. Better to use them writing poetry, creating a >>> better world, or even reading and writing FRIAM posts :-) >>> >>> On Dec 4, 2013, at 1:45 PM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: >>> >>> My brain is too small. >>>> >>>> -- Owen >>>> >>> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> >> > > -- > > "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." > > -- Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, 1913. > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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