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To: goldworldnet who wrote (96490)	5/4/2017 10:15:08 PM
From: Ken Adams	7 Recommendations Recommended By goldworldnet kidl lightshipsailor locogringo Ron and 2 more members Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

I'll make this brief. This is my solution to passwords: (over simplified for this example) Tb0n2B1st Tb0n2BVan Tb0n2B*Ama This would mean "To be or not to be". Use a 'zero' for the "oh", mix caps and lower case. Any phrase that you choose works here. I used a Shakespeare quote for a long time. Scripture quotes, famous speeches, etc. all can be used here, the longer the better as long as you're completely familiar with it. This is followed by the star but any punctuation mark or top row symbol can be used. Follow that with the first 3 or 4 letters of the site you're logging into. In the above example, "1st" would be my bank, "Van" is my Vanguard account, "Ama" is Amazon and so on. I recently was required to change a password. All I did was change the last 3 reminder letters and continued with the basic password. This has worked perfectly for me for at least the last couple years. I keep a list in an Excel file, which itself is password protected, but it's really not necessary as this idea is easy to remember. It's also very free....

To: goldworldnet who wrote (96490)	5/4/2017 10:41:15 PM
From: SteveinTX	2 Recommendations Recommended By goldworldnet Zen Dollar Round Respond to of 110652

Below is an article about password hackers and their phenomenal success rates at cracking passwords. When I finished reading it made me paranoid on the subject for a month. It's long but interesting. Well worth the time to read. It debunks a lot myths about what constitutes a "strong" password. wired.co.uk

To: goldworldnet who wrote (96490)	5/5/2017 7:23:05 AM
From: PMS Witch	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

I have never seen my approach to passwords mentioned on-line, or anywhere else either. Here's what I do. . . I create shortcuts that copy my password to the Windows Clip-Board. When I visit a site that requires Log-In and Password, I simply paste using Ctrl-V. I keep my password shortcuts in one folder. I have a shortcut on my DeskTop that opens that folder. Warning! Of course, this solution is only appropriate on a system residing in a secure location. I DON'T do this on my LapTop! As well, really important passwords like banking, I keep in my head. Note: There's a "trick" to putting a password in a shortcut. The difficulty is that the "straight forward" method will add a "Return" character, which will mess things up when it's used. The secret is to use the prompting feature of the SET command. Simply Pipe the prompt into ECHO and then Pipe the result to the ClipBoard. In this example, the password "Password" is copied to the ClipBoard. . . C:\Windows\System32\CMD.EXE /C ECHO \| Set /p=Password\| C:\Windows\System32\CLIP.EXE Cheers, PW. P.S. Although not necessary for function, I like to "Pretty Up" my shortcuts by using appropriate icons. For those cases where getting a nice icon is too much work, I use the "ClipBoard" icon from the %SystemRoot%\System32\Shell32.DLL file in Windows. P.P.S. Although I'm writing about putting UserNames and PassWords on the ClibBoard, this technique can be used to put ANY text on the ClipBoard using a ShortCut. For example, I also do this with my telephone number and E-Mail address -- basically any text I find myself typing often.