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Rolodex Unboxing (Password Manager)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2016
- Here's my recommendation on how to securely keep track of your passwords!
This is the specific Rolodex model that I'm unboxing here: rolodex.com/products/contact-m...
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I actually had this idea on my own...first for my grandma because she can't remember even the ones she uses all the time. I told her to write them all out on a rolodex, which she is in the process of. Very helpful, as it's usually my husband or myself that's trying to help her out with computer stuff. Recently I decided to do one for myself as well. My current system is just an Excel spreadsheet, but instead of actual passwords, I have clues that only I know.
Anyway, thanks for the video...glad I'm not the only one!
This is pretty much what I do as well and it seems a safe way to store passwords to me.
Nice video. Thank you.
Great security points and unboxing video. I'v always figured any malware could easily grab a password manager db file and keylog the master password, very insecure in my opinion.
I do the same thing but with a box of business cards. I also add have 3 constant characters on every password that are not on the business cards. That way even if someone got physical access, it would take them a while to guess the extra characters and give some protection and time to notice and change some passwords.When I create a new account I use my printer to print all the necessary information on a blank business card and file it in the box.
There are two things I've wanted to do but have not gotten around to. First thing would be to make two copies of each card and have a copy in a safe deposit box or something in case of disaster or loss of my main set of cards. The other things would be to print out the passwords on the cards in bar code format so you could use a bar code scanner or app to grab and type the codes.
Paper is certainly a valid security system. It does mean that the password has to be typed in of course. Fine, if running Linux, but imagine you were running Windows with a possibility of malware recording your keystrokes.
I use Keypass on Linux. I have hundreds of passwords and all are different. Where possible each password is at least 25 ASCII characters in length. I remember a long string of ASCII characters (definitely no words) for the keypass master password. I also have keyfiles for Keypass.
I also would never use an on line password system, especially if it was proprietary. It isn't just the problem of security in regard to hacking but also we know Government agencies lean of companies to supply data.
It is also possible to use clues to passwords rather than passwords themselves. Then, when Mr. Burglar looks at your paper based system (or otherwise) it will be an uphill struggle to work out what the password is. For example: Number of aunt Fanny's house+ name of John's cat+%+Name of uncle Fred's blue area etc. etc.
KeePassX. Paper is lame, you're going to end up using memorizable passwords because manually typing random junk is hard, you have no backup, and if you lose it there's no encryption.
Wrong, the whole point of writing it down is that it doesn't have to be memorizable. KeePassX is lame because I need to have a program installed on my computer to access any of my passwords. Paper works with any device on any OS, no dependencies required. I'll give you the backup thing, but I don't know how many different places you want your passwords to be stored. As for encryption, the Rolodex never leaves my desk (neither does my desktop computer), so that's not a concern for me.
If someone breaks in your rolodex is gone. If a contractor is in your home unsupervised, that's plenty of time to photograph a rolodex. If you need to travel and still have to pay bills when you're gone, then your unencrypted rolodex is either useless or a liability. I have KeePassX on my laptops and there's a phone app (haven't used it yet). My laptops are encrypted, my NAS is encrypted, and if I ever decide to use my phone for that stuff I'll encrypt that too.
Regardless are you really typing things like 93~LQ*8Z[`SzmoH{,jh?sYYFwg4JWP every single time? You're going to need great handwriting not to mess that up.
I specifically addressed "break-ins" in the video. If someone breaks into your house, you've got problems outside of your computer's security. If you've got untrustworthy people walking around your computer desk a lot, you can easily solve that concern by putting the Rolodex in a locked drawer.
Of course I'm very careful about handwriting when I'm writing down my passwords, I know I'll need to be able to read them later.
Maybe this works for people with perfect handwriting, lots of patience, less than a dozen passwords, and who never travel. However, people with dozens or even hundreds of passwords, and who need access on the go, this is untenable. Even people who travel moderately cannot adopt the rolodex solution.
I have well over a hundred passwords. As I said in the video, the reason I got the Rolodex was because I ran out of room on my notebook page to cram in more passwords.
The only thing you've brought up that I can't argue about is travelling. You're right, if you travel, this isn't an option for you. I personally travel once, maybe twice a year, for no more than a few days at a time, and when I do, I'm not logging into any websites, so this isn't a problem for me. If you've got to have access to all of your passwords at any physical location, then I would agree that KeePassX is a better fit for you.
A small notepad would be superior dude....and a Rolodex won't fit into a pocket now will it. Bless his heart folks.
A Rolodex is superior to a notepad for this purpose because if you're sorting alphabetically, the Rolodex allows you to add more cards to a particular letter/in between other cards if you need to. Also, I don't know who would be stupid enough to carry a notepad with all of their passwords anywhere outside of their own home.