I have several of these. I give them out to my friends / coworkers so that more people have my password that makes the info storage more redundant, and safe.
It’s actually a pretty secure thing to do. People who burgle houses want to grab an iPad off the side and run away, they’re not interested in cyber crime. Conversely, people who want to get into your internet banking aren’t in your house.
Arguably if it’s an older person who’s never going to learn how to use password managers, then using unique passwords but writing them down is infinitely safer than that alternatives.
Better than using the same weak password for every website and then getting all your accounts hacked when any of them gets leaked
older people really struggle with passwords and login details
Why bother when you can write your passwords on a post it note stuck to the monitor?
Actshelly 🤓 this is safe because it requires physical access and even safer when you only put down the hints to the passwords instead of whole passwords then not even direct access to it will help anyone get into your accounts.
Well the issue is it is advised not to use the same password for services.
Which was fine back in the day when you had an email and an occasional account.
However, everything requires an account now. Hell, nearly every job I am applying to requires me to sign an account onto their website.
So how am I supposed to remember 413 passwords that now need 14 capitals, 23 non sequential primes and 30 special characters not found on anything other than an ancient tibetan tablet.
Then some smart people made a “passport wallet” where your browser saves them all.
Sounds great, until someone nicks your phone and gets access to everything and can change all your passwords because they can also access all your emails thanks to that wallet saving it all.
Better than the guy at work who writes his password on his laptop with permanent marker (and scribbles out the old one when he changes it)
I write all my passwords down because they’re too complex to remember this is a great idea.
Maybe don’t leave it lying around with password book written on it though.
Hang on, people use more than one password? What is this madness.
Yes, they are useful in many cases. They don’t require a subscription, work with multiple devices and operating systems, and can’t be copied over the internet if your device is infected by malware.
Relatives of the deceased also appreciate them as they are easy to use when closing the deceased’s accounts.
I’ve recently purchased one for a lady I help out with technology- issues. She lives alone, and the book itself is quite discrete.
C’mon be fair, it IS secured… by a bit of elastic ribbon.
Loads of these on amazon but password manager far better…. usually
Bitwarden is insanely easy to use. Being old isn’t a barrier.
Theres a lock on the side that needs a password to open it.
I just got two books and put the password for my book in the other book.
I’m more interested in what a “Pansy Not” might be.
Grandparents Christmas present sorted.
can’t you just use password123 for everything
I use one. It contains only hints at the password not the actual ones (as well as hints at corresponding email address). It would make no sense to anyone else.
There’s something about having a password manager (or hell, even them written in a note on my phone) that I just can’t trust. Maybe I’m too paranoid, but all my stuff goes in a little book.
I have a password book
Use a simple cypher and encode the contents?
My Dad would love this.
Can this only be used for Internet passwords?
It’s not a notebook. It’s airgapped, hacker proof offline data storage.
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I have several of these. I give them out to my friends / coworkers so that more people have my password that makes the info storage more redundant, and safe.
It’s actually a pretty secure thing to do. People who burgle houses want to grab an iPad off the side and run away, they’re not interested in cyber crime. Conversely, people who want to get into your internet banking aren’t in your house.
Arguably if it’s an older person who’s never going to learn how to use password managers, then using unique passwords but writing them down is infinitely safer than that alternatives.
Better than using the same weak password for every website and then getting all your accounts hacked when any of them gets leaked
older people really struggle with passwords and login details
Why bother when you can write your passwords on a post it note stuck to the monitor?
Actshelly 🤓 this is safe because it requires physical access and even safer when you only put down the hints to the passwords instead of whole passwords then not even direct access to it will help anyone get into your accounts.
Well the issue is it is advised not to use the same password for services.
Which was fine back in the day when you had an email and an occasional account.
However, everything requires an account now. Hell, nearly every job I am applying to requires me to sign an account onto their website.
So how am I supposed to remember 413 passwords that now need 14 capitals, 23 non sequential primes and 30 special characters not found on anything other than an ancient tibetan tablet.
Then some smart people made a “passport wallet” where your browser saves them all.
Sounds great, until someone nicks your phone and gets access to everything and can change all your passwords because they can also access all your emails thanks to that wallet saving it all.
Better than the guy at work who writes his password on his laptop with permanent marker (and scribbles out the old one when he changes it)
I write all my passwords down because they’re too complex to remember this is a great idea.
Maybe don’t leave it lying around with password book written on it though.
Hang on, people use more than one password? What is this madness.
Yes, they are useful in many cases. They don’t require a subscription, work with multiple devices and operating systems, and can’t be copied over the internet if your device is infected by malware.
Relatives of the deceased also appreciate them as they are easy to use when closing the deceased’s accounts.
I’ve recently purchased one for a lady I help out with technology- issues. She lives alone, and the book itself is quite discrete.
C’mon be fair, it IS secured… by a bit of elastic ribbon.
Loads of these on amazon but password manager far better…. usually
Bitwarden is insanely easy to use. Being old isn’t a barrier.
Theres a lock on the side that needs a password to open it.
I just got two books and put the password for my book in the other book.
I’m more interested in what a “Pansy Not” might be.
Grandparents Christmas present sorted.
can’t you just use password123 for everything
I use one. It contains only hints at the password not the actual ones (as well as hints at corresponding email address). It would make no sense to anyone else.
There’s something about having a password manager (or hell, even them written in a note on my phone) that I just can’t trust. Maybe I’m too paranoid, but all my stuff goes in a little book.
I have a password book
Use a simple cypher and encode the contents?
My Dad would love this.
Can this only be used for Internet passwords?
It’s not a notebook. It’s airgapped, hacker proof offline data storage.