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How many passwords do you use?

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How many different passwords do you use?



What are they? :p


I only have 2 passwords. Definitely not secure enough. My friends know one of my passwords, as does my nearest Apple store. If they found out the other one, they could theoretically get access to every bank account (4) and credit card (only 1) that I have. :eek:
 
1 for my gmail and mac
1 for all my other online accounts (ebay, macrumors, other forums)
and 1 for my bank account.

I prefer to use the second one very often as it's easy and common for me to remember.
 
About 40-50. The vast majority are 15 character random strings. I use a different password for every account I have and rely on Keychain to keep 'em straight for me.
 
i use 1passwd, wallet and yojimbo to manage my..on average, unique password per site/account/whatever.

Prolly over a hundred by now. I can think of at the least 20 for IRC nickserv passwords alone :eek: :(
 
reh said:
About 40-50. The vast majority are 15 character random strings. I use a different password for every account I have and rely on Keychain to keep 'em straight for me.
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That isn't risky?


And besides, I don't like to save my password for all the important stuff like my bank account, log-on password (yes, I need to log on to my own computer), and several others. I let my computer save passwords to places like MacRumours, but not to anything that involves money, classified info, etc.
 
Abstract said:
And besides, I don't like to save my password for all the important stuff like my bank account, log-on password (yes, I need to log on to my own computer), and several others. I let my computer save passwords to places like MacRumours, but not to anything that involves money, classified info, etc.
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Yup, same. I figure it wouldn't kill me to take that extra second or two to type in a p/w. Plus, it helps reinforce my memory of what the p/w is. :p

Lemme count... 9 passwords that I can think of right now. Some are used with more than one account.
 
I first read this thread title as "How many passports do you use?" And I was wondering how people were using 6 passports :p

Anyways, I have on main one and 2-3 variations of it (with numbers/symbols if needed), and different ones for senstive items like my bank account, Pay Pal, etc. Recently, I've been trying out a new combo though, for safety's sake.
 
i have a unique one for everything. or well at least try to.

i mainly use keychain or Wallet to keep 'em organized and stored incase i'm being stupid and can't remember.
 
I use a few different passwords.

The first is a simple password used for all email accounts, logins at forums (including MR), and even credit card account logins (though the usernames vary).

The second is a unique password for a protected disk image on my laptop, and is also used for protected areas of my external hard disk.

The third is a long string of random characters used to secure my home wireless network. This is the only password which I've not committed to memory (though I could probably recall it if I absolutely had to).

I understand the need to have different passwords for every different situation, but I'm really not too worried about someone potentially being able to read my junk mail, or view my credit card statement.
 
about five:
1 is my admin pw
2 is for online shopping sites
3 is a general pw for forums and such
4 is for my email accounts
5 is my WEP/WPA pw
 
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