Password talk!

[SourdoughStomper]

This poll is a bit more serious, but I thought it might be a good idea to have this discussion. There's been quite a bit of hacking going in on cyberspace, and it makes me wonder how cautious are the denizens of the Arena.

Important (If Absurdly Obvious) Note: Don't tell us what they are!

Do you have a lot of different ones for your various sites? Or a handful? Less than a handful? 

By the way, as a separate part of this poll, I thought I'd share this site I found. http://www.passwordmeter.com/ It measures how strong your passwords are. My Arena password is apparently 99% (very strong). You don't have to tell us the strength of your passowrds, although I would encourage you to tweak it if is weak. We want to keep you all safe.

I have a couple others that are in the 90% + range, but I definitely should go and change the couple of weak ones that I have at other sites. Perhaps I should also make a stronger effort at making more passwords, and rotating through them a bit more regularly.

Have any of you had any hacks or break ins, anywhere? (Here's hoping everyone says "no.")

[Bekuno]

I don't believe I've ever been hacked on anything, If I have then I'm not aware of it. After heartbleed I changed a couple of passwords on important sites.

My passwords are long, and are usually more like a sentence.

There's a few sites though where i use the same / similar passwords, but those are sites that don't hold anything important or that I've erased all info from and no longer use anyway.

[XOXO]

I am insanely forgetful, so I try to keep one password for everything. Unless I'm at work, then I'm forced to have like six different passwords and codes.

Luckily I've never been hacked.

[True]

yeah for sites that dont contain lots of personal information, especially about a bank account, i use the same password. but for more secure places i use an overly complicated password xD.

[kaoskat]

Mostly

[kiwimlp]

I am in the majority (so far) in that I have the same password for a lot of accounts but different (and stronger) ones for my important ones.  It's so fricking difficult to remember so many! And then you have to change them all the time too.  Lol, does my head in

[hilamb]

Nooope.
I did have the same password when i was younger, but now i have different passwords for every where i go on the internets.   

Makes me feel like a genius when i actually remember all the passwords.

[Beldarna]

I have about five different passwords. Easiest going on sites that are not important and harder on more serious places. They're misspelled on puprose and I can't even spell them outloud or write them with pen and paper. They're all in the "bodymemory" when I type on the keyboard. Some I've had for 20 years and never changed. I've never been hacked or anything *knocks on wood*

[Tap Dancer]

I use several different passwords. Sometimes I get mixed up when I try to log into a website, but if the password I use doesn't go though, I go down the list until it works.

[Ringlets]

Serious poll no? but important to get you thinking
Personally I have really different/unusual/strong ones for important stuff/really personal stuff such as paypal or  ebay account etc  (that are in no way related to the ones I'd use say..for here or photobucket or something like that. ). Some of the less important accounts I occasionally use similar ones but mix things up a bit so I dont have all  the same. Its best to use both upper and lower cases and numbers as well I think  
It can get a bit confusing though sometimes to remember them all - especially ones I dont use everyday/everyweek etc . I havent been able to login to the TP for a while cos I've forgotton my password and keep getting it wrong for all of the tries you get    I really should change that one...but then i havent got around to it  

[Mirnyj]

I have stronger passwords for accounts that involve money, such as my zooplus account, paypal and ebay. Forums and such I have one weaker password, just one that's easier to remember. I don't have any important info on my casual accounts so I don't care that much if someone hacks into them.

[ponycake]

There are just tooooo many sites to sign up for for me to have a different password every time. To keep my sanity, I have one that I use on unimportant sites like places I needed to create an account for something I was doing that I may not visit again.

Things I use regularly are all different and are generated and memorized and tested strong.

[ponylady]

I voted mostly. I have very strong and secure passwords for my bank, eBay, Paypal, credit cards, etc. Then for other sites that I frequent everyday, they are the same or similar.

[SkyCakes]

I have different passwords that I use for different sites. I use a password manager and that comes in handy. Also its good to have a written note of your password and sites that you go to frequently. Which I have. I have been hacked in a game before and even our ebay account got hacked. :/ So I don't go to ebay very much anymore.

[melodys_angel]

*shakes head* no, and thank god for that!