What do your passwords look like?

[SETH RINGER]

1234Qwde

 

[Tanks]

I use Keeper as a password manager. Anything sensitive like bank, brokerage, insurance accounts etc. I also have secondary authentication enabled as well (code sent to my phone). One of my banks also has an authenticator through their app, I log in and I have to press OK on their app to allow access.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Yes, but for corporate use, you need to check with your IT/IT Security team to find out if it's allowed. Many companies maintain their own internal password vaults.

For my work-related accounts, even for SaaS applications that don't sync with my corporate Active Directory, I use a local vault - KeePass XC. We allow 1Password where I work, but I just don't like mingling work and personal accounts. Just one more layer of separation/security.

@sgt_zim
Didn't understand a word.
One of my accounts they ask me what my security pass word is. I kept forgetting it and used to say I don't know. So I changed it to that.
Now when I ring up and they ask me what it is I just say I don't know. They get a bit of a chuckle out of it
Einstein once said make things as simple as possible but no simpilar. You would be surprised how well simple works because it's so obvious no-one suspects it
Works for me. A lot of my pass words are calibre designations. Easy to remember for me.
Bob

 

[sgt_zim]

I use Keeper as a password manager. Anything sensitive like bank, brokerage, insurance accounts etc. I also have secondary authentication enabled as well (code sent to my phone). One of my banks also has an authenticator through their app, I log in and I have to press OK on their app to allow access.

1Password and LastPass also SaaS vaults. LastPass got pwned because of sloppy resource management. We can only hope 1Password and Keeper do a better job. That's the risk with SaaS vaults.

 

[Sabre]

Since this is tagged in another recent thread now and there have been some hacks into the password keepers. I want to ask a couple things.

My concern about password managers has always been:
What happens when they get hacked? Then your passwords to everything are compromised and you don't even know them.

It feels unsafe to have to use random computers in public or foreign locations to login online to a password manager which holds all my passwords to everything. How is that not a giant risk?

 

[coreydb]

My passwords are self generated using parts of phrases or entries in a book that resonate with me. I enter them; and all updates/new entries in a small notebook I keep in my industrial deskside safe. Whenever I purchase something on one of the my registered sites, or pay bills, I just get out the little notebook and keep it out as I conduct business. I lock it back up when I'm finished.

 

[Tanks]

It feels unsafe to have to use random computers in public or foreign locations to login online to a password manager which holds all my passwords to everything. How is that not a giant risk?

I would never login to any website using random computers anywhere. Internationally, I either have a VPN connection via my iPad or personal computer.