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

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JaneJudge Mon 14-Nov-22 09:09:23

we are told not to write them down or have the same codes for different accounts and not to save them in our phones so how are we possibly expected to remember them all?

and why is everyone saying THAN QUEUE

that's better smile

vegansrock Tue 15-Nov-22 21:41:12

auntieflo when you come to enter a password on a new site I get a pop up window on the bottom of the screen asking if I want to use their suggested strong password. I always click on that and it just saves it for me. This is then shared with my other devices, which I need face recognition to get into. So I never have to write down a passwords or remember it.

Auntieflo Wed 16-Nov-22 17:52:28

Thank you Vegansrock. Next time I need a new password, I'll see if I remember to try that.

TerriBull Thu 17-Nov-22 11:07:38

Just tried to place an order with Ocado I've used them before, essentially to buy our preferred coffee pods which have become unavailable in shops, I tend to buy 20 boxes at a time. The password which was stored, they deemed to be wrong when I entered it several times, so I couldn't progress to check out. No "have your forgotten your password or do you wish to change your password" anywhere so that could email me with the option to change password, how stupid!! I couldn't therefore place the order with them, their loss I've looked on line and found another company, not Amazon, who specialise in coffee pods and they undercut Ocado in spite of them having an offer on my pods.

Purplepixie Thu 17-Nov-22 11:11:31

My son put a password manager on my iPad.

Missedout Thu 17-Nov-22 11:16:07

Anyone on this thread watched today's 'Dirty Rotten Scammers' on BBC1?
They have highlighted data breaches as the source of scams and also advised complex passwords. They also mentioned password managers.

HurdyGurdy Thu 17-Nov-22 11:39:26

I use three words, and change some letters to special characters, and add a two digit number to the end. It is 18 characters long.

My husband got me to put it into a website that checks how strong your password is.

The result was that it would take a computer "about 500 quadrillion years" to crack, so I feel it's quite secure 😆

If I put the same three words "as is" and without the numbers at the end, it would take "34 thousand years".

My husband, who works in IT security, uses LastPass for his password manager, but I couldn't get on with it.