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Rage wrote: I remembered my CP password
The only secure password is one you can't remember. 
Seriously, why aren't you using a password manager? Every half-decent browser has one built-in these days, and there are plenty of options if you need one that works across different browsers or devices.
Clearing the browser cache won't affect the passwords stored in the password manager.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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OK, I remembered it without having to look it up in my password manager., to be more specific.
The password manager in the browser are disabled at work, for security reasons (nah).
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Rage wrote: he password manager in the browser are disabled at work, for security reasons
Oh dear - it's one of those companies, is it? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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It is worse than you may think. It is one of those who think they can, but actually cannot.
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Rage wrote: It is one of those who think they can, but actually cannot.
Is that not the "business as usual"? 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Richard Deeming wrote: it's one of those companies, is it?
They're not entirely wrong.
Look at the current LastPass fiasco. Very reputable company/product/service, until "that" happened. Sooner or later it happens to all of 'em.
My passwords are staying offline, and certainly are NOT auto-syncing across devices.
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dandy72 wrote: My passwords are staying offline, and certainly are NOT auto-syncing across devices.
The only place I keep my passwords is between my ears. If I lose my head, I certainly won't need my passwords anymore. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: The only place I keep my passwords is between my ears.
Then:
a) you're not managing many passwords
b) you're re-using them in multiple locations
c) they're not very complex
d) you have impossibly great memory
I'd love to say you have the best solution, but reality dictates this is impractical.
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slightly disagree, there are methods to generation of passwords that would enable most of the passwords to be different and yet easily remembered by a human yet fairly difficult to guess or deconstruct.
I can almost always type in my password to various sites on the first time almost everytime for each site.
There are exceptions and in those. The reset/email me the password option works wonderfully.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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Yes, there are methods to create long/complex passwords that you can remember (or work out in your head), but that doesn't scale, in the sense that if you have to have dozens of them, you won't remember them, unless there's some repetition or a pattern.
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I use a "generating function" for passwords, so all I really need to remember is the function. This may not be as hard to guess as a 16-character random string, but is good enough for any practical purpose.
For that matter, the only accounts that require high security are the financial and medical accounts. If someone were (for example) to break into my Code Project account, what real damage would be done to me?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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That may diminish with age, but secure.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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 yup. Even that might not work. I have forgotten passwords no one can beat out of me.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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dandy72 wrote: Look at the current LastPass fiasco. Very reputable company/product/service, until "that" happened.
And yet using a password manager so you can have different, secure, randomly-generated passwords for each site you use is still a better option than using easy-to-remember passwords, or reusing the same password across different sites.
dandy72 wrote: Sooner or later it happens to all of 'em.
Which is why it's preferable to chose a company that's openly admitted to having a security breach than one that keeps such breaches secret - or worse, doesn't even know that they've been breached yet.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: And yet using a password manager so you can have different, secure, randomly-generated passwords for each site you use is still a better option than using easy-to-remember passwords, or reusing the same password across different sites.
I certainly was not suggesting the latter. Generating strong passwords is one function of a good password manager.
Richard Deeming wrote: Which is why it's preferable to chose a company that's openly admitted to having a security breach than one that keeps such breaches secret - or worse, doesn't even know that they've been breached yet.
Also agreed.
As far as I'm concerned, password managers are a great idea. They're a must. Having one send its data, even encrypted (obviously) to a central repository...not so much.
Personally, convenience be damned, I'm not having any password manager sync across devices if it has to go across the internet to do so. The hackers will attack the big juicy target incessantly. Myself, at home, behind my NAT router? As laughable as a consumer router is, there's simply much less to be gained.
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As Richard already mentioned, you should be using a password manager. My company encourages and authorizes use of a few different ones.
I would seriously consider not working for a company that is STUPID enough not to encourage the use of password managers for their employees.
modified 1-Mar-23 7:25am.
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Tx for the support!
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Tie up a hospital department by the corner (8)
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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ENTANGLE
E.N.T Hospital department (Ear, Nose and Throat)
ANGLE corner
First CCC I saw immediately, for months.
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No sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing... anyway, congrats... YAUT! 
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I know that being a developer doesn't only mean writing good code. Agreed that it is a primary responsibility of a developer, but he/she should have good knowledge about other tools like Code version control (GIT, SVN etc.), Project management tools (Jira, Zoho etc.), Good communication skills, knowledge about shortcuts of the editor they use for better productivity.
What else comes to your mind, that can help a developer to write better code?
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Good code doesn't come from packages, or software: it comes from experience.
Practice, practice, practice. And then practice some more. This is the way.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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