At first I thought 1Password would be slightly helpful, but it's proven itself incredibly useful. All my passwords are complex and different and I have reliable encrypted backups of them.
At work, we use a shared Keepass file (Keepass is a password manager). We are only a small team, so this works out quite well. And this leads us to very secure (and different!) passwords for all our client servers and accounts, because getting and setting passwords is just a click away.
Private, I use a simple system where I have a 'master' password, which I augment with letters and numbers based on the domain name of the service. For example (not my system): A domain has 5 letters and a .com TLD, so I add the number 5 to the end and 'moc.' to the beginning of the master password.
You can easily expand this system for your needs. Works really well for me.
1password works great for me, I periodically push encrypted backups to other machines, just in case. And now after finishing this comment, I intend to sync the backups to my dropbox account.
Dropbox with a Keepass file on it. Accessible from all types of machines and phones I use, very handy (Windows computer, Linux Computer, Android Phone)
I found I have brainspace for ~15 passwords. All complex - non words greater than 8 characters.
Though, as I get older.. I can feel this ability waning. Thus I am interested in using a password manager - though I feel a little uncomfortable about it as I have never used one before.
I use the built-in OSX "Keychain" app. It's integrated into the OS such that if you use the "save password" feature of your browser, it ends up in the Keychain anyway.
It also generates great passwords, so now I generate a new pw for each site rather than re-using a handful of common ones.
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[ 4.8 ms ] story [ 56.9 ms ] threadPrivate, I use a simple system where I have a 'master' password, which I augment with letters and numbers based on the domain name of the service. For example (not my system): A domain has 5 letters and a .com TLD, so I add the number 5 to the end and 'moc.' to the beginning of the master password. You can easily expand this system for your needs. Works really well for me.
(I have no affiliation with them, apart from being a happy user.)
Though, as I get older.. I can feel this ability waning. Thus I am interested in using a password manager - though I feel a little uncomfortable about it as I have never used one before.
Some passwords I keep in a gpg-encrypted textfile.
It also generates great passwords, so now I generate a new pw for each site rather than re-using a handful of common ones.