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Passwords and Password Management Software
It is obviously not easy to remember in excess of twenty different passwords and I think the number of passwords I have is actually on the lower end of the average, to be perfectly honest. To this end, password management software has been created in order to ease the process of keeping track of passwords or, even, logging on to sites for the password holder.
I have a new computer that asks me if I want it to track and store all my passwords any time I type in a password at a new site. This is different than cookies remembering my passwords and automatically logging in to websites. Rather, it is one password to rule them all. The premise behind password management software is that it is more secure - the idea being that you can maintain complex passwords that people will not be able to hack in a way that only requires you to actually remember one password - the Holy Grail of all passwords.
Am I the only one who sees the absurdity of one password to manage them all? While I am the last fan of having in excess of twenty passwords, a Holy Grail password, once hacked, is a gateway to every bit of information that is important enough to require a password. Why would I want to make the process of hacking my life easier by allowing someone to only need to know one password that manages them all? It is counter intuitive to me, plain and simple. So, no, I will not allow one password to manage them all, even if it is more convenient and I hate the fact that I have over twenty passwords. While I rue passwords, I rue Holy Grail passwords even more.
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7 Comments
Post a CommentI'm sure I have well over 20 passwords I use online. My problem is sites I visit infrequently. I usually end up having to go through the process of resetting my password every time I visit because I never remember it.
I recently updated and wiped out all my pre-set security passwords and had to go back through and remember all of them again. PITA, but in the end, you're safer using different password for different sites and rotating and changing them regularly... and storing them somewhere other than your computer, but hey, not where your kids can find them!
Ha... a password chip... lol
And I thought I was the only one with password problems or access anguish! I actually have a site I cannot log into right now because I've forgotten the password. If you use password management software though, what happens when you're not at your own computer? How do you remember your passwords then? Perhaps a password chip inserted in the brain might help... ;)
Yeah, I've forgotten a password or two in my day... most often within days after creating it. :(
I have a group of passwords that I use. I mix and match them as I create new accounts. This allows me to create a complex password combination. Now if I can only remember all of them I could get back into some of my favorite websites. LOL
The difference is that you have control over your own PC, it is not on all the time, and it is not on the web where every web-crawler can see it. In addition, you can make one password supremely complicated and hard to hack, yet still remember it. Another possible solution is to use one password everywhere that doesn't hold personal info or financials. For example, if you have to use passwords to access several sites where you buy things, but where you do not store a credit card number, you can use a single password for all those.