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Re:The man who wrote the book on password management regrets... by aianus on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @12:06PM (#14970645)
How is any of this easier than using a password manager??
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Re:The man who wrote the book on password management regrets... by Snortibartfast on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @02:03PM (#14971917)
You only have to remember one password, the strategy is the same for all passwords, replace the fifth character (for example):

google: mojko2if6bibe78

youtube: mojku2if6bibe78

yahoo: mojkh2if6bibe78

Note that I don't advocate this strategy for high-security applications, but for throwaway accounts that you might want to access when not having access to your password manager it might be useful.

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