how are we supposed to remember all these passwords and code words

My I-pad stores them.

I'm reluctant to store them as my card was recently cloned and I'm sure it was through a booking using a stored card on my laptop

I write them down. The chance of someone bothering to go through all my notebooks to find them is very remote.

Grandma70. That is my thinking also.

I keep an old-fashioned address book (the type with the pages alphabetically indexed) and every password, user name, etc. etc. is stored there. Absolutely amazing how many there are. If someone was able to find this amongst my many address books and papers AND have my phone and laptop, then GOOD LUCK to them. My two eldest daughters know of its existence and whereabouts it is kept, so that in the event of mhy serious illness or deeath they would be able to access everything.

What with PIN numbers, passwords for everything and several door codes for various places to remember one dreads developing dementia.

I keep my passwords in a special password book that I bought. As for PIN numbers for the several cards I have I just try to remember. After lock down when I only used my card for online transactions that just required the 3 digits on the back of the card I was embarrassed in the garden centre when I couldn’t remember the 4 digit PIN number! I had to get new cards.

I store them on one password protected document on my computer - that password is a selection of random letters and numbers (which took me a while to memorise!)

Mine is protected by my thumb print!

My phone remembers my passwords. I too have my thumb print to unlock my phone Wwmk2.

I still use an old Filofax where I store such numbers in alphabetical order. Bank cards in my purse I can still thankfully remember those numbers except when I have the occasional embarrassing brain freeze! In such cases I use the card for my personal account rather than the joint one.

I use Last Pass

I keep mine on a password protected spreadsheet, but also have a print out as well.
I had no idea there were password books! What a great idea. This one looks really good: Boxclever Press Password Book

If you don’t want your device to allocate or store passwords, for whatever reason, I’d recommend this.

Pick an uncommon two part word. Convert the obvious letters to numbers (eg 6 for b, 1 for l, 0 for o).

Split the word and put the first three letters of the website name in the middle. Use this for everything. Choose a special character to finish off with, always use the same one.

Then, for instance, if you use rainhood as your word and @ as your special character, your password for GN would be Ra1ngrah00d@, Ra1nmarh00d@ for M & S .

Sounds complicated, but it’s soon second nature, and you’ve no need to write anything down.

Internet password book. I used to use the same half dozen passwords for everything before I bought the book.

During the pandemic I used my bank card in person so infrequently that I completely forgot my PIN and had to get a new one after an embarrassing few moments at the till in Waitrose

I only own two cards which require a pin.

I have a little system for passwords plus my iPad stores most.

I write them down in a coded way which only I can understand (hopefully). And keep them in different places. And use some family birthdays for pins, not my own birthday obviously)

In France, some years ago, my PIN wouldn't work in the ATM at the Post Office. Panic! Two days passed and I discovered I was using the code for my credit card instead of the one for my debit card. Simple, now I mention it!

I have a spread sheet buried in an obscure folder on my pc. It does not, in its name or text mention the word 'password' or anything related to it

It has five passwords across several columns headed 'original', 'revised 1', 2, 3, etc. DH and I know what they stand for. The soread sheet also contains user names, log ins, and a key to memorable namesetc.

It sounds quite complicated, but is actually quite simple.

I do not ever store my card details on a company website. I ener them anew each time I buy from them.

Just to remind everyone that your next of kin needs to know all this! Especially if you have a complicated coded system. Therefore you really have to write it all down anyway.

My family do sort of know my strange codes...

The way to keep tabs on all the passwords is to have one masterword .

I use the same one for just about everything - just CBA with a mass of different ones.
What really irritates me is having to open an account with a password for just a small, one-off online purchase - and give a phone number, too. They’ve got my email - why do they need a phone number? I don’t want them phoning me - let alone passing it on.
I usually make one up. 🙂

My SiL told me to use same one but add the Company initials at the end.