Passwords in a Book

[Dave]

I've been thinkin of making a book & writin down all my usernames & passwords in it, cos the amount of things i needa login to is growin fast. is this a stupid idea? I tried roboform a while ago, but it kinda annoyed me.

 

[Peter]

Not at all, I write down all my domain name & hosting passwords in a book and keep it in a cabinet. No-one ever comes into my office so it's pretty safe.

 

[Ferraristi]

Personally I think it is a little on the stupid side. To make the decision, you need to imagine that someone has managed to get hold of your book and is currently sat in front of their PC logging into everything you have an account on. What could you lose? If the answer is very little, then go ahead and do it, if the answer is $100k, then my personal view is you shouldn't.

If you really want to store them somewhere, put them in electronic encrypted format somewhere. An encrypted USB drive maybe?

 

[Peter]

I'm not worried, I'm the only person who goes into my office. If someone broke into my house I highly doubt they would be looking to steal a folder.

If you're worried about it, buy a cabinet with a lock.

 

[wickedDUDE]

Personally I think it is a little on the stupid side. To make the decision, you need to imagine that someone has managed to get hold of your book and is currently sat in front of their PC logging into everything you have an account on. What could you lose? If the answer is very little, then go ahead and do it, if the answer is $100k, then my personal view is you shouldn't.

If you really want to store them somewhere, put them in electronic encrypted format somewhere. An encrypted USB drive maybe?

what if you had a trojan and someone hacked it? personally i have a hard-copy page of all my passwords (in no apparent order)... keep it in a safe place in your house... away from friends, and everyone else who might be able to get their hands on it.

 

[CoRegisteer.com]

So, here is a thought

To avoid your soft copy getting into the wrong hands, or you loosing your passwords due to virus, my suggestion would be to keep a hard copy. However, you may want to code the hard copy as well. So for example, start each password with the letter a, but dont include the a in your hard copy.

 

[Dave]

So, here is a thought

To avoid your soft copy getting into the wrong hands, or you loosing your passwords due to virus, my suggestion would be to keep a hard copy. However, you may want to code the hard copy as well. So for example, start each password with the letter a, but dont include the a in your hard copy.

thats actually fair smart.

 

[Peter]

Yep agreed, that's a great idea.

 

[V12Kid]

I save mine to a text file and save it on a keychain hard drive thingy

 

[madawgz]

personally, i have about 15 different passwords i use online....and i remember all of them..

and they are Number letters capitals mixed up like : 39jd8D38Dx.....just need to remember it

 

[revlimiter]

Password Safe is a good program too, but Notepad is probably the easiest..

 

[Brandon]

I use Roboform & Love it.