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Originally Posted by carpetmojo
News of the Sony confession that their playstation customer info files have been hacked, with a possible 77 million world wide (3m in UK, a drop in the ocean!) details at risk - including credit card and personal details - led to a security guru advising everyone should have a unique, different password for every application we use. 
Don't know how many passwords he's using, but, I'm no geek, and even i have a ludicrous number of the things 
Does anyone out there use a totally different password for each use ? |
Yes, I do. I keep a different password for each website that deals with money, or personally identifiable information. I use the same password, or variation thereof, only for various forums.
I generally use a
random password generator, and generate the longest possible password for the site. I always include numbers, and punction if possible. I also ensure that these are inside the password, i.e., not the first or last character only. Oh, and I make sure that I don't use O or 0, or 1 or l because they're easy to mix up.
Lastly, I keep track of all these in a really,
really secure txt document on my computer called Passwords.txt.
I figure if someone has physical access to my Linux box, well, I've got bigger problems. Besides, how is my technologically challenged wife supposed to find my financial access information in case of incapacitation/death if I encrypt it?