How do you secure your data/passwords?

Keep pass is good, and truecrypt as well.

I usually remember mine and have been starting to implement a tiered system whereby passwords of varying ranks of importance to me share the same credentials.

Linux is no excuse for a lack of security either, infact over the years distros are less and less secure out of the box (and i'm blaming Ubuntu here). Encrypting/decrypting the install on the fly at boot is a good idea though, so if someone nicks the mahcine, all the data is encrypted still. and then yo ucan have hidden containers within that, so should someone demand you hand over your keys, they'll be able to decrypt the drive, but not have any idea about hidden containers.
 
I have my bank details, codes, passwords for sites and accounts etc all saved in a txt file within a RAR file which is password protected and the file contents encrypted within WinRAR.

I feel this secure enough for my needs from would be snoopers if there were any and the fact that it's highly unlikely anyone is going to hacck into my machine :p
 
Mattus said:
I just remember them. It helps that I only have a couple of passwords which I use for everything. I know this is bad practice, but I'd rather risk it than have to suffer a different password for the hundreds of sites I use. Sites like online banking, where security is paramount, never require you to enter the entire password anyway.
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Yep, same here.

I have three passwords I use and they're all pretty hard to crack I think. They're just a string of numbers, letters, and case changes that for some reason I remember.
 
paradigm said:
Course it is.

All my passwords are "strong" passwords, I never will have a problem remembering them without aid.
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Also a fairly naive opinion imo, anything could happen. It's quite possible to get in some kind of accident, take a good clout to the head and then suddenly can't remember any of them any more. Admitted it's a fairly unlikely scenario but these things happen.
 
Clarkey said:
Also a fairly naive opinion imo, anything could happen. It's quite possible to get in some kind of accident, take a good clout to the head and then suddenly can't remember any of them any more. Admitted it's a fairly unlikely scenario but these things happen.
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To suffer long term memory loss you'd need to have been involved in a serious head injury and even then it's unlikely.

There's only a few documented cases where people have forgotten memories stored in the long term section of the brain (where they live, who they are, their fav foods, places of interest etc etc).

The brain is the single most powerful storage device and you can easily store masses of information in it using various methods and recall them at will with only a small amount of practice.
 
use your memory rather than write in paper -- I used my own memory (sometime I forgot) cos I have too many different password but I know all my own various harder password --- dont make easier one cos people would guess and do thier homework how to make up the jigsaw and find the answer - use harder one and wee bit longer than shorter one..
 
Different algorithms for different levels,, each site ending up with a different password.

This means I can remember and work out most passwords, but I also use Password Agent for the non financial stuff.
 
Embarrassingly I have the same password for all sites as I don't feel confident in having separate passwords for different sites. However it is a randomnly generated password using an extension for Firefox. I recently added a few more characters to the end of it to strengthen the security a bit more. Might add some more onto it soon. :)

Not used this Keepass. Might look at it later. How does it work, stores your passwords then passes them to sites when you log in?
 
I have three passwords - one highly secure (where money is concerned like banking/online shopping), one for forums (less secure and totally different) and my domain password for work (similar to the first).

As for data/cd keys etc, I wrote a small app that stores them, encrypted, in SQL Server :)
 
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