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TheCatWoman

What a pain in the bum! They seem to get longer and longer and want more and more dots, numbers and squiggles and then they want you to remember all this gobbledygook, I can't seem to even write them down correctly as I keep being told they don't match, or I've not done enough of this or that. Not only that but I seem to have to have loads of the things, we're told we shouldn't write them down, but how else are we supposed to remember them? I find it really offputting so much so that I don't do nearly as much stuff as I could and maybe should becuse I get so fed up with the things., especially when I have to go through all that faff and find that the site isn't what I thought or has nothing I want.

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  • I agree. Normally I am ok, but for the car insurance I did everything they asked and I couldn't find a password it would accept.

    I try to keep them all a bit different so if something happens only one site will be compromised. But I can't remember them so I have them written in a little book.

    You can use password managers, like asking Google to remember them, but it won't help if you change device, e.g laptop to phone. 

    Besides I need a backup.

    You are more likely to have the password stolen electronically than have someone find your secret book.

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  • I agree. Normally I am ok, but for the car insurance I did everything they asked and I couldn't find a password it would accept.

    I try to keep them all a bit different so if something happens only one site will be compromised. But I can't remember them so I have them written in a little book.

    You can use password managers, like asking Google to remember them, but it won't help if you change device, e.g laptop to phone. 

    Besides I need a backup.

    You are more likely to have the password stolen electronically than have someone find your secret book.

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