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Originally posted by rhbtoo many financial accounts, too many passwords to remember. so i do write my accts/passwords down in a book. of course, i never take this book outside my home.
The only true secure way to store your passwords is in your head (and that won't be 100% secure if you don't like flamethrowers and nose pincers whilst under duress)
Visit: http://www.fun-with-words.com/mnemonics.html for one way to do this
and cut out da smoking of da herb 😛
P.s. By saying it was in the public domain, I meant that the moment you lost ...[text shortened]... ect in the public domain. I didn't mean a virtual domain where the file may have been stored.
Originally posted by The Slow PawnOh ya, before anything else bad happens you should probobly scribble out your PIN number written on any bank cards you may have in your wallet.
I've misplaced a floppy containing my complete financial status amongst all passwords to all my account, Internet banking etc ...
It was all written with Microsoft Excel and I have password-protected the document ...
How easy would it be to hack into the table if someone would find the floppy and would want to do that ???
Boris
RTh
Originally posted by The Slow PawnIf the contents of that disc are limited to 'one and one' it is highly likely anyone would find much use for 'two' of whatever you are holding in your Swiss accounts.
It's actually worse, it's labelled Finance 2006 so IF someone would find it they could put one and one together quite quickly ...
So anyone knows how safe Excel is (when password protected) ??
Regards
Boris
Try a mattress next time.
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Boris,
Personally I keep all my stuff stored in an DES encrypted file of which the key is not stored anywhere except my safety-deposit box and my head. And i don't use that key anwhere else!
But on another note, I sure hope your floppy disk isn't the ONLY place you have that stuff stored. Floppies are extremely unstable and you are bound to lose that data/disk at some point. Make sure you have another backup somewhere, even if it is a tangible printout stored in a safe.
Not all is lost here! I do know a portential way that you could get back in there. There are password viewers throught out the web. I know of a few that might work. However, dealing this the shady nature of some of these places, I'm not going to be posting any links publicly or anywhere on RHP (Which could get me in to trouble or someone else for that matter if someone abuses it. Not that you would, but I'm betting some noob would love for me to post it so they can cause some trouble). So if you need something, just send me an email and I'll see what links I can grab for you.
~The MCP
Originally posted by GeraldMI have two installed in my PC. A: and B: I have tried to install a third and label it C: but when I typed format C: in DOS, I could no longer access my Windows 3 program. Can any one help me? :'(
Your passwords are perfectly safe, in order for someone to acces them they would have to find a floppy disk drive, and as far as I know those have been extinct since the mid 90s.
Originally posted by The Slow PawnStore them in the notes of old chess games in your archives, then in your spreadsheet it will say:
does anyone has a better idea of how to store data in a better and more protected way
Bank of England:
AdultMag.com:
then when you need the passwords, go look up that game in your archives. Nobody will ever figure it out even if they did hack the excel sheet. 😀
Originally posted by jimslyp69C is obviously your harddrive name. Name it G or H or I
I have two installed in my PC. A: and B: I have tried to install a third and label it C: but when I typed format C: in DOS, I could no longer access my Windows 3 program. Can any one help me? :'(
oh wait. This is a joke. Good one.
Originally posted by GeraldMNo they didn't. About 2yrs ago, I was able to pick up a new computer fresh off the assembly line with a Floppy drive on it. They're dead for sure now, but you could have got one come 2yrs ago. ^^;;
Your passwords are perfectly safe, in order for someone to acces them they would have to find a floppy disk drive, and as far as I know those have been extinct since the mid 90s.
~The MCP
Originally posted by tmetzlerThat's a very good idea. I'll open a safety box tomorrow .. For now I've actually cleaned my computer from all personal files and moved them onto one of my external drives ...
Boris,
Personally I keep all my stuff stored in an DES encrypted file of which the key is not stored anywhere except my safety-deposit box and my head. And i don't use that key anwhere else!
But on another note, I sure hope your floppy disk isn't the ONLY place you have that stuff stored. Floppies are extremely unstable and you are bound to lose th ...[text shortened]... ke sure you have another backup somewhere, even if it is a tangible printout stored in a safe.
I can't believe how naive I've been for years ... Well, guess I got lucky and from tomorrow onwards I shall have much better protection anyway
Thanks mate
Boris