On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> wrote:
> So the implication is that I have 100's of passwords all unique and that I > must > change every one of them to be something new and unique every few months. > And remember each of them. And not write them down. > > I'm sorry, my brain doesn't hold that many passwords. Unless you're a > savant, neither does > yours. So what you're telling me and the rest of the world is impossible. > No actually, it's not impossible. I use 1password, you might use LastPass. They both work on Android, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Windows. I have over 900 passwords in that system, and I don't know any of them. They're all 8-14 characters. All random. I know my master password, and no one on the Internet has a copy of that. On some systems, I have a Yubikey with a 45 character master password. Change your habits. Fix the password anti-pattern. -j