password management

[Mikaiah]

because I'm curious. I personally use LastPass as my password manager, but I'm considering switching to one that can transfer logins between my computer and my phone without having to pay.
but I have older accounts where i used the "i use the same password with some interesting characters appended at the end" method that I haven't gotten around to resetting, lol.


ALSO: to prevent yourself from getting hacked, probably refrain from giving too many details & change your password if it's not secure enough!!
and use 2FA if you don't already!

 

[Bloodflowers]

I can remember most of mine. This is probably a stupid question but I’m not a technical person so please don’t mind me but if last pass is hacked then aren’t you screwed? the hackers would have access to absolutely everything right?

 

[Mikaiah]

I can remember most of mine. This is probably a stupid question but I’m not a technical person so please don’t mind me but if last pass is hacked then aren’t you screwed? the hackers would have access to absolutely everything right?

technically yes, but there's 2FA so they'd have to get my account, my email, and to get into my email they'd have to have access to my phone.
so honestly the password is more a formality, but I'm screwed if I lose my phone/computer, xD

 

[Dwayne Johnson]

 

[Bluelady]

I've memorized the passwords for the websites and apps that I use frequently. I use 2FA when possible as well. For everything else, I reset the passwords every time I use them.

 

[LadyDestani]

I have a set group of passwords that I cycle between for different things. For things like this forum that don't contain any sensitive personal or financial data, I just use the same password across all similar sites. For financial or sensitive sites, I have dedicated passwords just for those sites that are more difficult to guess.

I have the biggest problem remembering my multitude of work passwords, though. They are strict about changing them every so often and you aren't allowed to use previous passwords, so I often forget them and have to reset the ones that I don't use daily.

 

[demoness]

i usually go with the max number of characters and something different for everything.

 

[jiny]

i use the passwords thingy on my phone which uses face id to unlock. whenever i log into something it asks if i wanna save the password and i’ll put yes so almost all my passwords are in there

 

[fairysyndrome]

i used to just use the same password just about everywhere out of laziness, which i do NOT recommend because it is very easy to bypass that and my steam account got hacked once that way. now i just keep a note of my passwords on my cell phone and cycle between a few complex ones with a related theme to help remember them better

 

[Shipper-Girl-27]

Luckily I don’t have a actual bank account so there’s that. For everything else I mostly use the same password. Everything is linked to my Apple ID and there’s a different code for that.

 

[Xara]

this,, absolutely isn’t very smart of me, but i tend to just use the same password. i don’t really have any accounts that contain personal info (ex. bank account), though, so i’m not too worried about it. but regardless, i have all of my passwords saved to my phone and keep track of them on there.

 

[Croconaw]

I write my passwords down in the notepad on my phone.

 

[bestfriendsally]

i've written my passwords in my notebook that i've got :>

 

[Midoriya]

I have really good memorization skills because of my Aspergers/ASD, so I just know all of my passwords by memory. Voted for the first option.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

I write all my passwords down in a memo in case I forget them. I also have ASD but unlike Riley (Midoriya) my memory is pretty... iffy. I can remember my passwords if I enter them multiple times but if it's one-and-done then I forget easily

I try to use a different pass for each account but some of my old accounts have the same password or some variation of it. I should prob change them lol.

 

[Biyaya]

All the accounts I don't care very much about have the same super simple password. My more important ones have one of several more difficult passwords, and then my super important things have one-of-a-kind passwords with more difficulty.

I also can just as easily reset my password when needed, which I do sometimes. I'll never be able to re-log in to Gaia though, because my old email got deleted from inactivity.

 

[Corrie]

It bothers me so much when websites force you to make a whole new password with specific criteria. I know why they do, but it's still annoying. So I've created one to match all of that but then change little things per website. Though Chrome allows you to save your passwords so I've been doing that for main things like social media and ao3. Things like my bank and important things, I just memorize the password since having them saved on the browser isn't the best idea.

 

[Soigne]

i just use the apple keychain thing since i have a MacBook and an iPhone. it saves my passwords there and i can use it to log in on either device. plus it randomly generates like 16 (?) character passwords for new websites and stuff, so i usually use those or some other random password thing.

 

[Neb]

I have several variations of the same extremely specific password. Highly personal accounts like my college email have different ones. Of course those are all written down in case I forgot them.

 

[EpicGamer12]

Not to be that guy, but this thread could be a huge asset for a malicious unknown who is trying to target a specific user. Password habits can be useful for social engineering or even guessing alternate passwords if they already have one.