Right. I would also use more than 10 characters for the reasons in my prior post. So I guess I'm saying that when your passwords start to look like this: $%dji.3#0)2lafDVW54$$fadgra&g.d, it makes typing them in--each and every time--from a post-it note, dreadful, if not unrealistic.
LOL, omg! Who said it has to look like that? Regarding the same rule mentioned above, here's all you have to do to follow the 72^10 rule, if the sites allow upper and lower case, 10 numbers and 10 special character. Remember, this is just an example, not an actual password to anything. theQu@ckB7 It's a variation on the Quick Brown Fox thingy. That password you see above has the 4 quintillion possibilities in it. So all you have to do is come up with a phrase, or word that means something to you, and tweak a character here and there. Here, watch. Just 10 characters... theQu@ckB7 <--- site #1 thEQu@ckB6 <--- site #2 TheQu&ckB2 <--- site #3 THEqu@Cka4 <--- site #4 Etc ad nauseum. So long as it follows a certain format, there is no brute forcing of one, and then guessing of another. P.S. Userque, I plugged your password example into the formula above. $%dji.3#0)2lafDVW54$$fadgra&g.d is 31 characters. Assuming same ruleset, your password combination hack possibility would be 1 in 3.7783952741213222481929572236823, +57 more digits. That's Knuth up-arrow territory. You may be onto something, albeit a bit overboard on security!
i also use KeePass [for years] [excellent program] i keep a backup copy [a must] on a usb drive, and one on google drive cloud marc
Lastpass says it's "compatible with Pale Moon but doesn't support it". Anyone use Lastpass with Pale Moon? Problems?
Maybe just me, but I use as complex a password as allowed by each site. I work at home so have my hardcopy available easily, but don't see a point in another site generating my password as I assume they use an algorithm that is hackable or discoverable. I go for 2 or 3 factor authentication whenever it is offered. I have no sites that I absolutely have to access away from home that I don't have the passwords in my memory, even after changing on a regular basis. I admit I am an old fart, and maybe it's good in the internet password age, as I suspect everything on the internet is hackable, and do my best to complicate my life to reduce the risk.
LastPass just recently made the equivalent of their "premium" service @ $1/mo.. free. As I read reviews, I found quite a number of complaints about LastPass... enough to consider something else. Like, LogMeOnce. Anyone have any experience with LogMeOnce?