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How to have 1 password that's different for every account

ideashower.com — Here's a simple method that means you only have to remember one password while making all of your account passwords unique.

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  • xtmno3, on 03/21/2008, -0/+2Alternatively, just use long and complex passwords, but store them all in a program like keepass:
    http://keepass.info/
  • SoyJames, on 03/21/2008, -0/+2Thanks for giving away my password secret. Now if somebody cracks one password, they have them all! j/k
    What I really need is a way to remember what USERNAME I registered on a site with...
  • stbon, on 03/21/2008, -0/+2have those generators disappeared ? Try this one - http://www.goodpassword.com/
    dugg!
  • wfbnadador, on 03/21/2008, -0/+1twister, you never told me you got nikki to join digg....
  • wfbnadador, on 03/21/2008, -0/+1oh comeon lucid just throw in some 1337
  • dipout, on 03/21/2008, -0/+1yeah... i did that with mine... the phrase is Flagrant Understatements Can Kill... i ended up with all sorts of extensions like ***** (for unibrow login) ***** (for collegepork.com login) and ***** (for meebo login)... i think i need a new phrase
  • nikkimarie47, on 03/21/2008, -0/+1I believe this is simply trying to illustrate the basic concept, not serve as an all inclusive example. You certainly could add numbers, uppercase, and a few random non-alpha numeric characters no problem.
  • charliecross, on 03/21/2008, -0/+1looks good to me. Numbers can easily be added.
  • Twister47, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1This is true for your side of the security bargain, but what happens if one of those services/sites is compromised or leaked?
  • OBDriftwood, on 03/21/2008, -0/+1Better than adding numbers is to include the punctuation and the capitalization. But this is a useful technique I've used for a long time.
  • TobyDumb, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1Or you could stick to one password and try to not be an idiot by doing anything that would jeopardize the safety of it...
  • GalacticRerun, on 03/21/2008, -0/+1So what if you have more sites that start with the same letter that might be only 1 word long. How do you remember which letters you used for each site?
  • todiggit, on 12/13/2008, -0/+0http://lastpass.com

    LastPass solves this better for me -- it's an intersting idea though...
  • schlank, on 03/21/2008, -1/+1Dugg!
  • lucidguru, on 03/21/2008, -1/+1No numbers in your passwords?
  • psoplayer, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0http://demand.openid.net/
    But in the meantime, this is a great way to stay more secure than the average user.

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