Securing Information

[Slim]

I used to have a lockable Palm Pilot which stored all my passwords and other bits and pieces.

I'm still using the desktop component to keep track of passwords, important numbers, dates, etc. but have started looking for an alternative. Some sort of lockable document type I could keep on a USB key would be great. I'm not convinced Microsoft Office doc's are particularly secure. Any suggestions?

How do others keep track of different passwords? You aren't using the same password for different sites, are you

 

[Simmer]

Safehouse will go on USB. Truecrypt is quite common but might be overkill for what you need.

http://www.safehousesoftware.com/SafeHouseExplorer.aspx

1. SafeHouse: Many encryption utilities have a common weakness: They require you to remember too much. Not only must you remember your password, but you often must temporarily unencrypt your files before you use them and then re-encrypt them after you're done. SafeHouse is different because it works on a portion of your hard drive, not on individual folders. Once you create a "virtual drive," you can do anything with it that you would do with a normal hard drive, except the encrypted volumes require a password before you can use them.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

I used one of these encrypted keys - http://www.lacie.com/uk/products/product.htm?id=10462

 

[Kies]

One password for work and work sites - a passphrase like "!Lovecycl1ng", and one for home and home sites. Again use a passphrase.

I change them both every 6 months

 

[biggs682]

as above , but work ones have to be changed about 4 times a year and cant have symbols or letters in same place as previous passwords

 

[Fnaar]

I keep a regular document, on sd card of my phone, with a list of all the word/.phrases I use (which is long).
Th doc itself is password protected with one i will NEVER forget, unless I go mad.

 

[Slim]

I used one of these encrypted keys - http://www.lacie.com/uk/products/product.htm?id=10462

I like that just from the design point of view alone.

Not sure about locking out the computer as my eldest uses it for homework. I'll definitely be checking it out though.



Thanks for all the replies. Cheers

 

[Deleted member 23692]

The software that comes it with creates an encrypted partition of a size you choose. The rest of the space works like a normal USB drive. It works quite well in practice, and no-one has ever noticed it on my key ring

The software is a free download, and works on any USB drive that I've tried it on - http://www.lacie.com/uk/support/drivers/driver.htm?id=10241, but obviously it works better with a discrete drive. Have a play and see what you think

 

[classic33]

Biometric password on certain files on the PC.

 

[swee'pea99]

 

[Slim]

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I used to store them like that until it disappeared one day. It turned up a while later (with scribbles added by my eldest who was three at the time). The thought of keeping all my eggs in such an insecure basket hit home.

The Palm Pilot was great for portability. It too vanished one day but it had a secure lock on it. The worst that could have happened was someone doing a "factory reset" on it.