Actually, I don't think you should trust anyone or anything with your passwords except for yourself. Trusting any one system is giving yourself a single point of failure.
EMAIL:
- Take the time to learn a couple of strong passwords for your email. You can almost always reset forgotten passwords, don't forget that.
- Insure you have two-step login enabled for your email service should it be supported, and make sure you have all the secret questions answers memorised.
- By the way, secret questions are stupid. It's easier for me to get you to tell me your mothers maiden name and birthday than it is to make you tell me your password.
- Have a phone number and other emails associated with your main email accounts, if possible.
OTHER STUFF:
- Never use the same password at one site.
- Develop a personal "scheme" that lets you form passwords easily.
For example, combine a couple of short words/sentences you know, some numbers related to the service (e.g. got an 'i' in the URL? add 99), add some #@~!"£$ with similar rules. Develop something that works for you. Now when you approach a service you use, you should already have a solid idea what the password is.
- Write down "reminders" but not actually passwords on paper. Don't label them. Write other things that don't make sense. Put it in your desk draw.
- Can't do that? PGP/Truecrypt/bcrypt/whatever a text file.
Forgot your password? Press the forgot password button.
EMAIL: - Take the time to learn a couple of strong passwords for your email. You can almost always reset forgotten passwords, don't forget that. - Insure you have two-step login enabled for your email service should it be supported, and make sure you have all the secret questions answers memorised. - By the way, secret questions are stupid. It's easier for me to get you to tell me your mothers maiden name and birthday than it is to make you tell me your password. - Have a phone number and other emails associated with your main email accounts, if possible.
OTHER STUFF: - Never use the same password at one site. - Develop a personal "scheme" that lets you form passwords easily.
For example, combine a couple of short words/sentences you know, some numbers related to the service (e.g. got an 'i' in the URL? add 99), add some #@~!"£$ with similar rules. Develop something that works for you. Now when you approach a service you use, you should already have a solid idea what the password is.
- Write down "reminders" but not actually passwords on paper. Don't label them. Write other things that don't make sense. Put it in your desk draw. - Can't do that? PGP/Truecrypt/bcrypt/whatever a text file.
Forgot your password? Press the forgot password button.