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Updating all my passwords

Updating all my passwords

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by: Chrisinkingwood Active Indicator LED Icon 8 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Nov 9, '15 12:23pm  
It's been on my to-do list for a while. For my early years on the Internet I used to just use the same password for so many websites where I need to log in. Then about 10 years ago I started getting better about security but still only had about 8 or 10 ones that I routinely used. Finally I started using a password management program and now have mostly  unique passwords for every site or at least that is my goal. Most of my passwords use a mix of upper and lower case letters, at least one special character as well as some numbers. Most are 12 to 16 characters in length. Funny but I still find some websites that will not accept special characters or numbers or other arbitrary rules. I also am clearing out a lot of old stored websites that I haven't been to for years. All I can say is the list is pretty long! Life was so simple when I only had an AOL account and used Netscape Navigator for my browser! 4951
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Ebola Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 8 years ago   Nov 9, '15 12:51pm  
Is that a smart thing to broadcast? 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 8 years ago   Nov 9, '15 1:33pm  
#passwords

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Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 8 years ago   Nov 9, '15 3:31pm  
According to my list, I have 54 things with UserIDs and passwords.  I also have three email accounts.  Some have different requirements, so I have to write that crap down.... there's no way I can remember all those! 4951
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Chrisinkingwood Active Indicator LED Icon 8 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Nov 9, '15 5:01pm  
Is that a smart thing to broadcast?
 
@Ebola: Well, I didn't mention any of them in detail! Just kind of a post on how passwords have changed over time.
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~ 8 years ago   Nov 9, '15 5:04pm  
What is this password management program you speak of?  Because the one I'm using involves a pen and sticky notes.  4951
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~ 8 years ago   Nov 9, '15 5:12pm  
a few months back there was an online password management site that was giving free access and accounts to people. for those unfortunate enough to take advantage of 'such a deal', they also found it was a site run for criminals to hijack accounts. 4951
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Chrisinkingwood Active Indicator LED Icon 8 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Nov 9, '15 6:13pm  
What is this password management program you speak of?  Because the one I'm using involves a pen and sticky notes. 
 
@JeepHair: I use LastPass and I went ahead and got the Premium one because I can link all my computers as well as mobile devices but the basic free one is very good. There are other programs but this one works for me. I also use a free program called Xmarks that is great for having a cloud stored place for all your web bookmarks but you can also store that now that places like Dropbox and Lastnote are around.
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