How do you store your passwords?

Lastpass! I probably have over 100 for various sites.

Ummmm – I have 95 passwords. Actually, some of them are duplicates, but I have 95 separate things that require a PW. Some are just plain annoying – eg, Wolford; Nordstrom; Wayfair, and so forth. For work, I’m required to change my PW every 60 days, and it won’t let me re-use a PW, so I’ve had to be creative. Usually whatever I’m using on my work computer is what I’ll use when I open a new account of some sort. I keep them all on an Excel spreadsheet on my computer, and it’s PW protected with a PW that I, DH and my sister all know.

So here is a trick I use for those sites which require frequent password changes. I put a number in the PW. Then when I change I just increase the number. So password1, password2, password3, etc.

“but I have 95 separate things that require a PW. Some are just plain annoying – eg, Wolford; Nordstrom; Wayfair, and so forth”

I tend not to create accounts for a lot of retail sites but if I do I typically use the same password but don’t store financial info in the accounts. For the few that I do (Amazon), I have a unique password. I did forget about my Amazon account and probably others so I probably have more like 15 unique passwords. Each account containing financial info has a unique password. Otherwise I reuse a few passwords.

@menloparkmom , the guy at the Apple Store told me to use notes. I do have an iPhone. After I finished it, I believe when I went to save it. It asked me if I wanted to lock it the . I decided to go ahead and do it.

Mine are also on my iphone in the contacts. I may list it as part of the address, or in the notes. They are never listed as “password”. I figure phone is locked and if the FBI has trouble getting access to someones iphone, mine is safe.

I have an excel spreadsheet. The file name does not contain the word password. It is a password protected file. Most of my passwords are saved in my browser anyway. I guess that is an obvious vulnerability.

Back when I was working, our password had to be changed every month. Password had to contain at least 1 capital letter, at least 1 number, and at least one special character!!! I found this incredibly annoying and felt it was a huge imposition and how could I do it every month??? Argggghhhhh!!! So I resisted, and didn’t change my password.

Tech guy changed it for me and left a note on my desk: Your new password is, June@2006
So I was able to change my pw all by myself after that… every month… and I could remember it too!

I use Lastpass, although I keep my email password written down just in case. Hugely convenient and recommended by IT people at work to use a password manager.

I have a PW generator in my noggin. And I remember my cc numbers so I can very quickly type them… they are slightly longer than the numbers I am routinely expected to memorize at work. :wink:

I have a smallish spiral notebook organized by general type- eg home, financial where I write them down. H has tons in disorganized fashion- I’m supposed to help him rewrite/organize them someday. He also has an online source. I use the same simple ones for sites I would not even bother with a password except for the site requiring it and variations. I also have H’s for sites we both use- eg banks- so I don’t have to locate his. Just using home computer most of the time so different needs.

Oh my @maya54 I have like 3 standard passwords that I have memorized.
becomes tricky when certain systems (mainly work) require a password change every 90 days or so… then with increasingly complicated requirements! ?

I write down on paper, and redo every so,often as many sites make me change PW every 3 months. The 3 financials are elsewhere.

I probably have a 100 PWs, so I don’t know how the rest of you can keep them memorized. Are you using the same PW for most sites?

I keep a printout in my home safe.

I have mine in a file on our computer. It has a name that has nothing to do with passwords.

I used the password thingy on my phone, but forgot the password to get into it.

I also have a book where I write them all down. My house would have to be ransacked for someone to find it.

@emilybee , I have an iPhone X and it uses face recognition, too. Just a thought next time anyone is looking for a new phone.

I have them written down on a little note. However all of my passwords have numbers in them and when written down, I never put the numbers (it will be like “password##”). I know the numbers that I use and they are not a common combination of numbers, so even if someone found my note, they would not be able to access anything. :slight_smile:

@hopewhite25,

My mother did sort of same thing. Then I told her if there was an emergency and I had to do things like pay her bills or get into her accounts - there was no way I could decipher her code! She even put ***** in the non number part of her password.

I am an authorized user on all her things, but still. She hasn’t rewritten it yet as of the last time I checked. :frowning:

@emilybee I made sure my husband knows the number combination should something happen to me and he needs to pay the bills or do the FAFSA or Profile, or any other number of things. :slight_smile:

I store my passwords in a way that DH and DS know but that I won’t put on public social media [-X .

I have them coded (mainly abbreviations) in the Notes section of my iPhone. The problem is sometimes I can’t decipher them myself! I keep meaning to type them all out and store in my safe deposit box. Since someone would need my fingerprint or a six-number code to get into my phone, I’m wondering if I should just spell them all out in the Notes.

I worry about the password storage services. Couldn’t those be hacked and then they’d have all the keys to your kingdom?