I hate forgetting passwords so much

[1sailor]

I hate going to a site I've been going to for years only to have them tell me to sign back in. Especially if it's a site I've been using while my email addresses have changed. If you try hitting the Forgot Password button it will automatically say it's sending an email to an address I no longer have. It's usually fairly easy but some sites make you select passwords that you would never remember. I know I should write them down or something. I used to send them to myself in an email. I had a bunch at Hotmail but now I can't get into it. Okay, I guess that's my complaint for this morning. I'll stop whining now.

 

[Tom S.]

Get a plug in for your browser that remembers your password and will even generate a secure one for you. That way, you won't have to remember any of your passwords except for the password app.

 

[djohns6]

I keep an address book on the end table near my laptop and I put passwords in the directory on my phone also .

 

[s&wchad]

If you change your email address, update your info on websites and notify your friends.

There's a reason I've paid a pittance to maintain the same email address for decades.

 

[cougar14]

What OS are you using? If it's Windows, it saves your passwords.

If you're using the Firefox browser, it too saves.

 

[Breakaway500]

Forgetting passwords has save me a lot of money

 

[GnarlsR2]

Yes... forgetting passwords sucks like a big giant Hoover!!

 

[TX-Dennis]

I have Firefox set to save my passwords. It will also generate new quite complex passwords for new sites and save them. I set one "master" password, and that's the only one I need to remember. My phone does the same for the things I look at on it.

 

[chief38]

I have a different password for every single account I have. There are no duplicates for anything which makes remembering all of them next to impossible. Some of the more popularly used one I do remember of course.

I have a small hard bound book about 3.5" x 5.5" that I write down all my passwords in. It is alphabetized and it probably has 300+ pw's in it.

When I travel, I have a small piece of paper with all the important ones I would need to access important websites. There are also a few that I write in code and keep on my phone - encrypted. If I lose my phone, 99.95% of people wouldn't even know what they are or how to decipher them.

 

[Alk8944]

Simplest thing, just keep a notebook with your log-ins and passwords clearly indicating what web-site they are for.

If other family members use the same web-sites, such as for utilities, TV service, etc, make sure they absolutely do not change passwords of create new ones for any web-site unless they make sure you are advised to change the notebook!

 

[Rustyt1953]

I am still using the 6 digit default password that came with my American Tourister briefcase.

 

[marlin58]

I hate going to a site I've been going to for years only to have them tell me to sign back in. Especially if it's a site I've been using while my email addresses have changed. If you try hitting the Forgot Password button it will automatically say it's sending an email to an address I no longer have. It's usually fairly easy but some sites make you select passwords that you would never remember. I know I should write them down or something. I used to send them to myself in an email. I had a bunch at Hotmail but now I can't get into it. Okay, I guess that's my complaint for this morning. I'll stop whining now.

I use a password app "sticky password" end of issue... Its the cheapest and safest I have found. Even monitors dark web.

 

[wood714]

I have a LibreOffice document that has all 159 user names, and passwords I use.

It's 5 pages long. I print it out and keep a copy in a document case in one of my gun safes.

 

[Ray]

My passwords are my handguns serial numbers _ a Colt Woodsman MT , a S&W 17 no dash and a HS HD Military - impossible to forget !
Regards, Ray

 

[Tinyman]

Went to the Dollar and a Quarter Tree and bought an address book -- simple for the elder brains like mine.