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

Car number plates - with make/colour etc are good for passwords as they contain numbers. I never use my own/current car details though!

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

I do the same, but DH knows where they are. I have different passwords for different things by taking two random words, adding a number and a symbol and making one letter a capital.

If you're asked for a phone number, Witzend, I heard that using 01234567890 would work without accidentally giving a stranger's number, and it usually does.

Have a password manager. All the usual web browsers have one built in, and they can generate a secure password that you never really need to know although you can look at them and change them.

Alternatively, although not every application will accept it, build a password from three unrelated words strung together to make a long password – 18 characters and upwards – which is easy to remember but much more secure than any 8-character password however many digits and special characters it contains, even if it's all lower-case letters. I started using passwords like that when I had a cat who insisted on occupying my left arm whenever I sat at the computer, so I could enter them with one free hand.

Following a tip from a friend I use various combinations of my - NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN Mother's Co-op number (only known now to myself and sister) with a couple of letters which indicate to me alone which password it is.

Mine are all saved on google keychain.

Yes, Witzend, I have to confess, that despite my system, I generally use the same one again and again. It has the advantage of being considered 'strong' by password assessment systems and is easy to remember.

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

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. 🙂

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

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

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.

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.

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 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)

I only own two cards which require a pin.

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

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

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

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

I use Last Pass

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.

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

Mine is protected by my thumb print!

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!)

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.