Internet Passwords

Do you have trouble remembering all your zillions of internet passwords?

Because we have so many - numerous e-mail accounts, internet banking, blogs, online shopping, social media, affiliate programs, favourite sites - so many of us attempt to build in some sort of pattern or logic to our passwords in order to jog our memories. Unfortunately, that kind of logical thinking works in favour of hackers and identity theft syndicates. What we really need are passwords that have no sort of logic or sequence to them, with a a mixture of all sorts of letters, numbers, symbols, upper and lower cases, that would be for more difficult to crack. But how to remember all of them?

There are a number of genuine sites these days, which remember your passwords for you. One registers on one of those sites, using one effective password (of which that site does not keep a record), then keep a list of all one's sites and passwords there. One can then utilize effective - albeit it difficult-to-remember passwords - and not have to rely on one's memory (or forgetory!)

Once subscribed, there is only one password to remember to get into your "vault". (Use the virtual keyboard to type in your password). Once in your vault, you simply click onto one of your listed sites, and you'll go straight in.

I utilize LastPass for this purpose. It's free if one is only going to use it from a desktop, but there's a small annual fee to be able to use it from mobiles as well. There are a number of such sites, but do be careful to choose a trusted one. I have listed a link to LastPass under my "Internet" section, if anyone would like to take a look at it.