Of course I’m not asking you to give away your passwords. But for those of you who have so many, how do you keep track of them all? Do you use any unique methods?

I know many people struggle between having something that’s easy to remember and something that’s easy to guess. If you keep a note with your passwords on it, for example, it can be stolen, lost, or destroyed, or if you make them according to a pattern that’s easy to remember, the wrong people might find them easier to guess.

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    I only need a couple “real” passwords. They are long, complex, and backed by 2fa

    Historically I re-used things from personal history. I know I shouldn’t but they’re easier to remember since I already memorized them. Usually they’re not public data, more like

    • my first PIN of my first ever bank card is now additional authentication for my app with my current bank
    • one password is the name and IP (with substitutions) of one of my favorite servers from a job 15 years ago when I ran my own lab
    • I gotta admit, I still have some trivial passwords for things that seem trivial

    But my passwords are mostly generated (and the password to that is complex and unique, plus requires additional Auth). Anything from the last couple years also has a unique generated email

    My company is pretty serious about such things: I have generated passwords, two separate 2fa apps and a yubikey. Plus they have some annoying shit on the laptop that is sometimes annoying