January 20, 201412 yr I am having my first paid customers now and still feel a bit strange when I ask them for Host/FTP/admin username and password so I can log in and fix the problems. I can't memorize their passwords, they're all different and hard to memorize but I don't think it's safe to put them on a spreadsheet in case someone gets hold of it so I am always having to search my emails for the passwords I need when I need, I wish there was an easy way! Does anyone knows of a better way, somewhere safe to keep customer's passwords while you working on their project?
January 20, 201412 yr Author yellow post it note on your monitor heh is that serious or a joke?? sounds great to remember but not very safe in case my office gets burgled.. am I being paranoid?? I don't have a lot of real customer's experience and it feels so wrong to do this, I feel bad when I ask for the passwords, feel like nobody should give their passwords to strangers and here I am asking people for their passwords!! Hah hoping this feeling disappears as I get more used to the job.. Edited January 20, 201412 yr by luizarios
January 20, 201412 yr nah i don't lol, Set yourself up as a different user with your email address so if you forget you can use forgot password feature. Or get some software to keep passwords safe, so you only need to remember one password to access all of them... Do whatever you feel comfortable with. I have devised a way of hiding passwords in my iphone and know how to link each password to each account.
January 20, 201412 yr I keep mine in a note pad file but I noticed when I go into my agency they keep all theirs in self addressed emails inside a folder called logins. Though someone might hack your email... get one of them bulletproof safes mate
January 20, 201412 yr if you are using android mobile than sipmly use "ColorNote" app(available in google app store free) provides secret notes which can be viewed only by your given password. Edited January 20, 201412 yr by amincharoliya
January 20, 201412 yr Author nah i don't lol, Damn it! I believed you! Now I have to run to the paper shredder and get rid of all the papers before someone comes in! hah I keep mine in a note pad file but I noticed when I go into my agency they keep all theirs in self addressed emails inside a folder called logins. Though someone might hack your email... get one of them bulletproof safes mate Guess the note pad is the simplest but best idea, because I have so much paper in this office there's no way someone would find it! Plus hackers don't come to someone's house hah so I should be safe then thanks all for the answers
January 20, 201412 yr Author if you are using android mobile than sipmly use "ColorNote" app(available in google app store free) provides secret notes which can be viewed only by your given password. I think I want to steer away from computer programs to keep passwords, they're the hackers favourite aim hah
January 20, 201412 yr yellow post it note on your monitor and then when you leave the office put them into a safe, no hacker can get to your stuff electronically....
January 20, 201412 yr Personally i wouldn't have it online or a computer ... can be hacked by someone knowing what they are doing. I would rather store them on a peice of paper. Someone who is robbing your office will go for valuables ... not paper If you want to be extra secure you can store the passwords using a substitution cipher if the passwords are good passwords (i.e. no words and just random characters e.g. hgfDzSdt7u) it would be hard/next to impossible to crack without the correct key
January 21, 201412 yr Author Personally i wouldn't have it online or a computer ... can be hacked by someone knowing what they are doing. I would rather store them on a peice of paper. Someone who is robbing your office will go for valuables ... not paper If you want to be extra secure you can store the passwords using a substitution cipher if the passwords are good passwords (i.e. no words and just random characters e.g. hgfDzSdt7u) it would be hard/next to impossible to crack without the correct key Oh yes, I used to write a diary with substitution cipher when I was in my teens haha Yes, paper is better, and you're right if someone ever break in my office it'd be for valuables (not that I had any valuables in here apart from an old computer hah), everybody know hackers, programmers, web designers and web developers are all scared of people and real life, I've never seen one in the flesh!!
January 21, 201412 yr Author and then when you leave the office put them into a safe, no hacker can get to your stuff electronically.... Already ordered my safe on ebay, it's coming from China so I know it's a top quality one! I need to be careful cause the websites I am working on are as important as Google and everybody out there wants the passwords!
January 21, 201412 yr Already ordered my safe on ebay, it's coming from China so I know it's a top quality one! I need to be careful cause the websites I am working on are as important as Google and everybody out there wants the passwords! REALLY lol!!!! google you say, now that's sparked a few hackers interest!!! maybe another rule would be, not share with whom you work with hehe
January 21, 201412 yr Author *Reads up on how to crack a safe* blow torch, and plastic explosives hehe Muahahaha! Research all you want you envious people, you can never ever crack my safe!!!! it will arrive within 2 months and it will be impossible to crack or melt! Here's a picture of it just to make you guys jealous: I will also use this safe to deposit all the money I am currently making with web design!!!! Edited January 21, 201412 yr by luizarios
January 21, 201412 yr Muahahaha! Research all you want you envious people, you can never ever crack my safe!!!! it will arrive within 2 months and it will be impossible to crack or melt! Here's a picture of it just to make you guys jealous: I will also use this safe to deposit all the money I am currently making with web design!!!! i'm going to get one to keep my digestive biscuits in it mmmm dark chocolate digestives.... i will be lost without them Edited January 21, 201412 yr by inlinedivblock
January 21, 201412 yr I bought a safe years ago to put my watch and stuff in, it automatically locks when you closed it, I locked the keys inside and couldn't use it again. Well worth the purchase.
January 21, 201412 yr Tweet them to all your followers, then favorite those tweets. Or bury them inside a treasure chest somewhere.
January 21, 201412 yr Author I just ask the kids to put the passwords somewhere safe - we're still looking lol another very good idea but I don't have kids, but I do have a cat who loves picking up socks from the washing basket and placing it in random places around the house, is it OK if I put the passwords inside socks and let the cat decides where to put it?
January 21, 201412 yr Personally I would suggest a USB stick that is encrypted with trueCrypt or similar, store the passwords on it in a Password protected Word file and never leave the USB stick in your computer when finished with it, store it elsewhere. If that is not secure enough I'd suggest investing in a secure USB stick of sorts, couldn't suggest which specifically though, again even with this precaution do as many of the above as possible.
January 21, 201412 yr you guys will like this article lol http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2542792/Is-YOUR-password-secure-Researchers-password-no-longer-common-term-used-warn-beaten-123456.html
January 22, 201412 yr lol another very good idea but I don't have kids, but I do have a cat who loves picking up socks from the washing basket and placing it in random places around the house, is it OK if I put the passwords inside socks and let the cat decides where to put it? Yes ... it's the new 'claws' encryption where the cat hides the passwords.
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