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I thought my dad's 'password notebook' was a terrible idea until last month
He keeps a small paper notebook in his desk with all his passwords written down, and I kept telling him it was a huge security risk. Then his email got hit with a credential stuffing attack from some old data breach, and the only account that wasn't compromised was the one with the unique, 18-character password he had written in that book because he couldn't remember it. He never reuses passwords from that notebook. Has anyone else had a family member's weird method actually work out okay?
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faith_lopez4820d ago
Okay, the part about the unique 18-character password being safe totally makes sense now. I was the same way, always telling my grandma her sticky note system was asking for trouble. But after she forgot her main password and got locked out for a week, that little note on her monitor was the only thing that got her back in. It really changed how I see things. Sometimes the simple way is the one that actually works for people.
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