Passwords

[sthwestvictoria]

The one I use, is from an excel spreadsheet. Each time you run the excel, it generates a new "Password Chart."
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This method is interesting. In effect it is a one time pad method for encrypting your passwords. Woe betide anyone losing their printed out chart however!

[NavyVet1959]

A good password encryption tool will never store your plaintext passwords to disk in temporary files, even if they subsequently get deleted. The only time the passwords are in plaintext is when they are in primary memory. When they are written to disk, they are always encrypted at that point. Ideally, the utility would also store in encrypted format the personal information that you might have associated with that account (e.g. password recovery security questions and they answers, email addresses for each account, credit card info that you use for that account, etc). Some people think just putting it in an encrypted Excel spreadsheet is good enough, but there are password crackers for Excel, so that would only protect you from casual spying eyes.