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Originally Posted by Cybercowboy
No. Just no. Oh dear God no.
Sorry, this is terrible advise on passwords. Sorry Aerovette.
My advice is to use a password organizer program. I use KeePass2 which works great for me but may not the be ideal program for everyone. There are a ton of them out there. It can generate pretty much impossible-to-break passwords with ease, or your can use whatever ones you like and it will grade you on how good they are. I have it set up so it synchronizes with several devices/computers so if I need to add one on my Linux laptop, it is in the same database as on my Windows computer or iPad/iPhone.
Other than that, keeping a notebook of passwords and having it well organized and a good hiding place is OK I guess but will get you destroyed if anyone gets their hands on it.
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It is NOT meant as a high security measure.
It is meant as a way to remember. I am certainly aware it is VERY risky, but no one knows what my particular pattern is. Could be a VIN, license plate, calendar date, numeric value of a name, year of a vehicle...anything. Also, the phone could be "phone" " or "Landline" or "Verizon" or " MaBell" or any of a few dozen options and I could spell it backwards etc. The odds of a human figuring it out is pretty slim. Possibly some program, but still don't think so.
Bad advice, but good for remembering.
