Passwords on line........surely there is a better way?

I’ve never “saved” a password when offered on line. Always thought that could be hacked along with all the other things tucked away in clouds etc. I disguise my passwords as far as possible in a book.

Galaxy are you my lost twin?! My first laugh of the day.

I think the not writing them down advice was especially important when cards were first commonly used. I think some people wrote the pin actually on the card.
I have too many now to be able to remember them all correctly. So writing them down is the only way. And keep them well hidden. Note to self....remember where they are!

I have an old card index box that I keep all my addresses and phone numbers in and it’s really helpful to alphabetically store my passwords among them. There are many, I’d never remember them all.

I have mine written down in a specific book, I haven’t had to refer to it, it’s there for my husband/children when I die to help them sort out my affairs.

When someone breaks into your home they are NOT going to be hunting around boxes and drawers to find passwords 🤣 they are going to nip in and out as quickly as possible with some jewellery watches antiques or when I was burgled all my cds🤣
So yes mine are kept in a little book amongst other little books and stationery bits

I write down all my passwords because there are simply too many to remember them all.

I like little notebooks. And it's easy to disguise passwords etc..

I am excellent at this sort of thing.
When they first introduced paying by card, a shop assistant said to me your pin? meaning put your pin in the machine, I confidently lent over and whispered my pin to her.
As you can imagine my password management is absolutely useless.

Now you come to think of it, it is a bit bonkers not writing them down but I seem to recall back in the day you were advised not to.
If I did write them down I would probably forget where I'd book!
I tend to manage by just saying I've lost my password and then making a new one...

It sounds like people write them down. Something I've never done.

Unless you have someone in your home, either coming or going, or living there, who may want to get into your accounts, has there ever been a case of a burglar turning up to demand passwords from someone?

With respect crazyH, that may not be the best thing to do.

Rightly or wrongly, I try to stick to one or two passwords for everything

The verification processes are even worse than trying to remember passwords. I recently had to change my mobile phone number. One shopping website that I used decided that to make the change they would send a 6 digit code to my mobile phone. Usually fine, of course, but as I no longer had the mobile number that they sent it to it was impossible to get their code. I did sort it eventually by phoning them, but it had clearly never occurred to them that someone might need to change their mobile number. As for passwords, I do like the password protected spreadsheet idea mentioned by twinnytwin. I think I might just set one up.

People are more worried about their homes being broken into, but it is online accounts that mostly get hacked into. If they break into your house they are more concerned about getting away as fast as possible with sellable valuables that with searching for a notebook of passwords in a pile of cookery recipes. If you are worried, label the notebook "Grandma's cakes" or something similar, and put it with other recipes - you know that grandma couldn't bake to save her life, but a thief in a hurry to get out with your rings won't be aware of that.

It sounds like people write them down. Something I've never done.
There's another thread on home security which seems to say the opposite, that people are far more worried about someone breaking into their homes than they are about them hacking their accounts.
I agree that they are the bane of my life. I don't do much shopping on-line but when I do the verification process in order to pay for something has been so difficult I frequently don't bother proceeding with the sale.

We had a security talk from the police and he said to write them down in a little book and disguise it. Don’t save them on your computer.

You could use a password manager or write them in a notebook, there is very little risk that someone will break in and rummage around to find a note book with passwords listed. It is far easier to hack accounts without going anywhere near your house.

Many of my apps, including the NHS, Facebook etc, are now using face recognition and/or codes sent to my mobile phone which makes things easier. Remembering passwords for websites I rarely use is a problem so I have a spreadsheet, saved with a password that I've not recorded anywhere.

We are always getting told not to write passwords down, but it is far more likely that someone manages to hack into your account directly online than it is that they are going to break into your house to steal your writen passwords to use on your computer. Houses are usually locked up pretty effectively, and a list of passwords can be hidden or disguised.