TomC. Loc: Bel Air, MD

Jerry, I keep threatening to finally organize all our passwords. It seems such a daunting task. Right now they're in a spiral notebook and spread out throughout the book all over the place. Oh, well. Maybe sometime soon.

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

Password protected spreadsheet here. Easy to manage and portable. Also keep a backup. Only challenge sometimes is finding the password I need especially if don't use the URL of the webpage.

CaptainBobBrown

Dashlane on all my Apple devices but it works best integrated with the browser I use on my iMac. Sometimes though it's really useful to be able to start up Dashlane on a secondary device while working on a 3rd one. I gave up using easy to remember or visibly recorded passwords years ago when after a corporate sponsored network security conference ran some free password detector software against my company's network and uncovered 90% of all passwords used on the 55 nodes we had in the first few seconds. Took the rest of the day to get the remaining 10% so had 100% penetration within 8 hours. The software used standard dictionary attacks to find most passwords. Hardest were the ones with "nonsensical " combinations of case/letters/numbers/special characters longer than 8 characters. The real problem was that almost all users had only 1 or two passwords to get at everything they used so once you got one password you got everything the had. Using Dashlane/LastPass/etc. makes it trivial to use different passwords for every single access point you need. Most people are surprised to find they have 70+ web sites/applications/etc requiring passwords and that they have essentially zero security until they use a password manager. Then, even if your favorite shopping site gets hacked you're only at risk on that site, not all of them you've used.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

I do the same thing but sometimes I forget to update the word processor. Then when I'm using my iPad or laptop while I'm away from home and want to get into a credit card account or something that requires a password, I forget the password and forgot to update the word processor. I'm screwed. I must wait till I get home or request a new one in which case I'll most certainly forget to update the word processor again.

FL Streetrodder

I keep mine in a Steno Notebook and record them in pencil so I can easily change passwords when i think it should be done. I should also mention that I have used Dashlane as a password manager for several years and have found that it greatly (and safely) allows me to access many sites requiring a user name and password to log on.

Michael1079 Loc: Indiana

I just put them all in an Excel Spreadsheet. If ever I get paranoid, that file could be password protected. (Then, if I forget that password, I'm totally screwed... )

Curl Loc: Toronto, Canada

I have found that 1Password works extremely well across all my devices. They have a free tryout period.

https://1password.com/

G Brown Loc: Sunny Bognor Regis West Sussex UK

Jerry you keep your passwords on the computer? Duh
People who nick computers rarely go to the bother of searching for passwords beyond looking for post it slips stuck in drawers or behind monitors......

I could use a linux usb/cd to open up your pc and search all of your windows files. It may take a while I accept.

Pencil and paper in a three year old diary kept in a filing cabinet.....Safest place of all - well one of them!

have fun

jaycoffman Loc: San Diego

Same here...

philmurfin Loc: Bakewell, Derbyshire UK

I use Sticky Password, I've used it for years and it'd brilliant!
Phil

Flyerace Loc: Mt Pleasant, WI

I have a password spiral notebook with alpha tabs on it. You can get hacked and all of your passwords discovered. The likelihood of someone taking my little notebook is remote. I do agree with you that one probably can’t remember 100 passwords. I don’t want to. Having just had my computer hacked and my hard drive wiped plus two of my three external hard drives wiped, I am glad my passwords were protected the old fashioned way. Scribbled in alpha order. Whatever works.

MtManMD Loc: Beaverton, Oregon

Excel spreadsheet to store all passwords (and account name, login name, and URL when applicable), password protected (which is a high level of encryption of the file), with a "base" password that never changes or needs to. I store the Excel file in my OneDrive folder that I have synced to home laptop, home desktop, work laptop, and my phone. I can access it from anywhere I can sign in with my Microsoft account, even from a browser. It's automatically synced. Gets backed up with my normal backups.

Simple and highly effective for me. If I'm ever incompetent and can't remember my password, there are instructions in my "In case of Death or Incompetence" folder of how to get access. Wife and/or daughter can have access to the master password list, since I won't care at that point.

crushr13 Loc: Sacramento, CA

I've used an Excel spreadsheet where I listed sites, usernames, and passwords. Then I secured it by requiring a password to open the spreadsheet. And for the file itself, I used a password I could shorten, which would remind me of the full password to open the file. I used it for home and work, and it always remained secure. At least it did for me.