How many passwords do you use?

[siurpeeman]

my yahoo mail and gmail have the same password. other than that, everything that needs a password has a different password.

 

[FocusAndEarnIt]

Just 1, which all of my friends know.

So If I happen to start a spam fest, It's not me.

Don't you already do that?

 

[Veritas&Equitas]

7-8...usually random things with numbers too, just to spice things up every once and awhile (see: homelesseskimo4)

 

[Father Jack]

3

Fj

 

[janey]

That isn't risky?...

It is risky, hence why I keep passwords saved in multiple programs each with unique 20 character alphanumeric (plus special characters) passwords.

 

[paddy]

2 nonsensical passwords (random numbers and letters). Clearly not enough judging by the amount you lot have though!

 

[juanm]

I first read this thread title as "How many passports do you use?" And I was wondering how people were using 6 passports

I use two passports.

 

[Swarmlord]

Five different passwords, but I have probably about 3 variants on each of them depending on the requirements of the site or network I'm using them on. Some require mixed case with numbers and some even limit the number of characters which is why I have a variety.

 

[Luis]

2. One for all my email accounts and the other one for all the forum and other registrations.

 

[ebow]

Let's see... something like 12+ by one type of count, and many more actual strings:

• 1 for my local OS X account
• 1 for my router
• 1 for regular work accounts (single password setup)
• 1 "root" (as in a root/basis word) for general / insecure websites
• 2 roots for email
• 1 root for banking and shopping
• 3 that I and my wife share
• various combinations of other ones for more sensitive systems
• others I can't think of at the moment

And then at least 4 PINs that I can think of.

Each root password has a few variations and can then be further modified depending on the site it applies to. Fortunately I've developed a methodology for keeping track of most of the variations, which would hopefully prevent someone from accessing most of my other accounts if they cracked one of them.

 

[mattscott306]

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... five, three easy to remember, and two number/letter strings that I randomly picked out.

The passwords I use vary based on the sensitivity of information provided.

 

[Peace]

I have a password protected Excel spreadsheet with at least 100 passwords.

 

[smueboy]

I have a password protected Excel spreadsheet with at least 100 passwords.

Yeah - me too (well, maybe not 100, but a lot).