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It seems like I have a bazillion passwords, so I keep them in a password-protected Excel spreadsheet on a flash drive attached to my keychain. I have never yet lost my keys, but if I did, the person who found them would have to get through the first Excel-password barrier, and then figure out individual passwords based on my hints.
I am not worried about my bank accounts; they're protected, but I would not be happy if someone hacked into one of my social-media accounts and, posing as me, wrote to my company's board of directors, asking for money because I was stranded in France without my passport (yes, this happened on Fakebook).
The challenge is *my* remembering my hints, so a lock box is a good idea (especially in the event of a fire). Or I could lock a dupe flash drive in the glove box of my car.
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Andrew Warren wrote:
> 1. Your credit cards, cash, and keys to your house and car are
> presumably as valuable to you as your LinkedIn password. If your purse
> or pocket is safe enough for those things, it's also safe enough to
> hold a sheet of paper or a small notebook containing all your usernames
> and passwords. If your desk at home is safe enough to hold credit-card
> and bank statements, your PC with all your financial records on it,
> etc., then it too is safe enough for a small notebook.
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