Public Service Announcement: Password Maintenance

Passwords Are Like Underwear

Change yours often.
Don’t leave it lying around.
Don’t share yours with anyone else.
The longer the better.
Be mysterious.

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Look over your various web and blog accounts. When was the last time you changed the passwords? You do change them periodically, right? They’re not all exactly the same are they?

Does it get too confusing to keep

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Password Tracking Mobile Style

Password Safe has been my password keeper of choice for well over a year now. I keep it on my USB key and it helps my weak memory. It is pretty simple to use, loads quick and has nice features that help it keep itself secure. I keep it on a USB key for

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What’s on Your USB Key — That You Actually Use?

Peter and I had a brief IM chat about this the other night.

Mike Gunderloy touched on it in an article today.

You probably have a USB key full of “stuff” — but of all that stuff, what do you actually use on a regular basis?

I’ll start. I have a page here titled The Toolkit -v2.0.

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