[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Password Manager

[Jon Dreyer]

I share Derek's concern about data breaches. I also share the concern 
that Steve pointed out about the single point of failure on a piece of 
paper (paper does have other disadvantages, including lack of sort and 
lack of copy-paste). Plus, I'm ornery and cheap.

I have my own Web site, so what I do is to have a text file that's on 
the Web but unlinked. It has two kinds of passwords. For sites I'm not 
that concerned about, in the text file I have a password hint that I'm 
quite sure only I and one or two close friends could understand. For the 
more important sites, I use a random password (I have a short ruby 
program that generates them but it's easy enough to make up random 
enough passwords). But there's a secret but easy transformation I must 
manually do to the password that's in the file after I copy/paste it to 
the site I'm trying to log in to.

I can use this anywhere, with my phone or computer. Of course I have 
backup copies.

All of this would be much simpler to crack than trying to break into 
Dashlane or whatever, but given the target size and value, I'm quite 
confident that nobody would go through the trouble.

-- 

Jon "Cut 'Em Off At The Password" Dreyer
Math Tutor/Computer Science Tutor <http://www.passionatelycurious.com>
Jon Dreyer Music <http://music.jondreyer.com>
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