Thanks for answering my concern, Steve.

I guess it all boils down to how much risk you are willing to accept with such an option.

And, I appreciate the fact that you interpreted my question as a sincere attempt to learn, not as a way to negate what you have suggested.

Tom Behler


-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Steve Matzura
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2018 11:50 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: help required for remembering passwords

Tom, unfortunately you're correct, which is why you mitigate the risk by making that master password very ver'r'r'ry secure. Granted, there's risk in everything when it comes to password management, but since there are so many ways a password, even a long one, can be obfuscated, it pays to remember just one fancy one instead of half a hundred shorter ones.
Substituting punctuation symbols for letters is a common method, and since there are so many symbols and so many ways to use and combine them, even brute-force attacks won't be of much use.


On 3/31/2018 11:26 AM, Tom Behler wrote:

Steve:

Perhaps I'm old and not as informed as I should be, but my problem with these password manager programs is that if someone somehow gets your credentials, they will suddenly have access to all of your passwords.

If I'm in error about this, please let me know.

Tom Behler


-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Steve
Matzura
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2018 11:12 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: help required for remembering passwords

KeePass, LastPass, and my particular favorite, 1Password.


On 3/31/2018 10:34 AM, Val Paul wrote:

Hi Everyone!

Recently i've found that i've become terrible at remembering
passwords for different things and sites, does anyone have any suggestions?


Val.