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It's past time for me to get something figured out and stick with it going forward.

I just got advice that the best password is three random words with a uppercase/number/symbol combo included.

Do I use a password or should I use a password manager?
 
4 random numbers, upper-case letter, then 3 more random numbers, lower-case letter, and one of the symbols on the number keys at the top of the keyboard. that's been my format for probably the last 20 years or so.
 
ojb81 said:
4 random numbers, upper-case letter, then 3 more random numbers, lower-case letter, and one of the symbols on the number keys at the top of the keyboard. that's been my format for probably the last 20 years or so.
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what I just saw said that memorizing three random words and adding the uppercase/number/symbol combo is best because it's longer and easier to remember.

I have a password right now that looks like random characters but means something to me. Basically unhackable but I've been using it everywhere for a dozen years.

I need to put some effort into what I'm going to use going forward.

Anyone have experience with password managers?

I also use 2FA on important sites.
 
HammerDown said:
what I just saw said that memorizing three random words and adding the uppercase/number/symbol combo is best because it's longer and easier to remember.

I have a password right now that looks like random characters but means something to me. Basically unhackable but I've been using it everywhere for a dozen years.

I need to put some effort into what I'm going to use going forward.

Anyone have experience with password managers?

I also use 2FA on important sites.
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Being in the apple ecosystem, I exclusively use keychain anymore. Before that I had an app called pwSafe that worked great. Would do the same and create a unique hash like password. But it wasn't integrated to anything so I always had to go to it and open, one click copy, and go back to paste.
 
fordman84 said:
Being in the apple ecosystem, I exclusively use keychain anymore. Before that I had an app called pwSafe that worked great. Would do the same and create a unique hash like password. But it wasn't integrated to anything so I always had to go to it and open, one click copy, and go back to paste.
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Such a hard decision: trade convenience for security or not?
 
HammerDown said:
what I just saw said that memorizing three random words and adding the uppercase/number/symbol combo is best because it's longer and easier to remember.

I have a password right now that looks like random characters but means something to me. Basically unhackable but I've been using it everywhere for a dozen years.

I need to put some effort into what I'm going to use going forward.

Anyone have experience with password managers?

I also use 2FA on important sites.
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I think I've been starting to use the google password manager because I'll use a auto-generated one on my laptop, then try to log in on my phone, and then I'm screwed.

I need to pick a good one I can use all over. Which, to me, means some CAPS, some lowercase two numbers and a symbol. For the spots that make me change my password every few months (MY JOB!!) I can just rotate out the numbers & symbol.
 
HammerDown said:
Such a hard decision: trade convenience for security or not?
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I used to have one main password for a lot more sites than I should have. Now though I use the keychain hash for everything. I'm screwed if I ever have to log into something using my PS5 or TV browser. :dhd:
 
What's crazy to me is that Apple will tell you how many sites you are using a password on that has been compromised. I still have a very long list of those, but none that have sensitive info.
 
HammerDown said:
That's sort of my system. I have three characters in the password I can change if needed and I'll still be able to memorize it.
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I got that "password breach" notification, so I started to go through and change them all to something new, then got the bright idea that maybe I should put the capital letter in the middle after changing about 40 so now I can't remember which are which so I get locked out constantly or have to "forgot password" everything. One day, when i've got absolutely nothing better to do, I'll go back and change them again, but man... I wish this covid shot's microchip would work better so I could just nudge my arm against the screen or something.
 
fordman84 said:
What's crazy to me is that Apple will tell you how many sites you are using a password on that has been compromised. I still have a very long list of those, but none that have sensitive info.
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I had an annual subscription to Duolingo with about six months left on it and my old password got hacked. Duolingo never responded and I lost about $50. :mad:
 
HammerDown said:
It's past time for me to get something figured out and stick with it going forward.

I just got advice that the best password is three random words with a uppercase/number/symbol combo included.

Do I use a password or should I use a password manager?
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Depends on what the password is for, for banking/cc and important things i use strong sentence passwords and replace letters with numbers or symbols and change those at least once a year.

for things like forums.... meh ill use the same damn generic password cuz if someone steals my tnation account well ill just make a new one
 
I use LastPass but they have limited usage of their free app to just one device, so my browser add on doesn't work for Chrome and that's annoying AF

But I still like it better than letting Google manage it for me
 
fordman84 said:
What's crazy to me is that Apple will tell you how many sites you are using a password on that has been compromised. I still have a very long list of those, but none that have sensitive info.
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It‘s all a pain the ass. I had a bunch of shit auto-drafted off my debit card (don’t do that, by the way) and my card got compromised. I had to try to remember the passwords to all of these sites I never go to so I could change my payment method. There has to be a better way.
 
ill said:
I use LastPass but they have limited usage of their free app to just one device, so my browser add on doesn't work for Chrome and that's annoying AF

But I still like it better than letting Google manage it for me
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Yeah, every day, I get more and more google-phobic.
 
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