Vadster

The fact that I don't go by my 1st name also complicates things a lot.

WhrDLMI

Safest way of managing all your accounts. I use LastPass.

WhrDLMI

If I do that and get busted, I get fired. No appeal. No arguments. Just tossed out on my ass.

WhrDLMI

I'm surprised that they were okay with you wanting to be called Mad Dog.

Vadster

Mad Dog? more like Sad Panda

WhrDLMI

That works, too.

Vadster

So what is the difference checking the phone for that vs the other since it is an app on your phone just like password safe.

WhrDLMI

I was speaking specifically about my work passwords. I'm not even allowed to put them in a password safe. I MUST memorize them... It is company policy and the punishments are harsh if I get caught.

As for my personal passwords... They are encrypted and only visible to me in my private password vault (at least that is what LastPass says) after I put in a master password. It is supposedly pretty secure and most Security experts that know A LOT more about this stuff than I do say that password vaults are the way to go.

Just putting them on a piece of paper or in a clear text notepad file on your phone is not secure.

WhrDLMI

For my work passwords, I pick a color, an animal and a piece of clothing/something I wear. Then I replace the vowels with symbols... S with $ or 1 with ! for example. I'll change up which letters are capitalized. I typically end up with a 16 or so character password that is pretty easy to remember. At least I think so... I've been using that system for years and so far so good.

Vadster

I adopted that in May of 2018. They're #!@%!#@!@ hard to remember if you have an episode like this morning where I am literally sitting here like uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh **** wtf is my password