Emergency for poor packer!

[Sonnyboy]

I use a password manager to keep all of that info including over 9000 password objects alone, RX info, device info, vehicle info, insurance, credit cards, software keys etc.

It syncs with all of my computer and my phones, requires a password and destroys the data if incorrectly entered more than X number of times.

I always have the info at my fingertips. Don't leave home without it.

Krelvin and Palerider,

Having all this medical information in your iphone is great but only if you are conscious and able to access the information.
Don't forget some type of medic alert bracelet is needed for information related to life threatening issues.

I have been looking for a password manager. Do you have any recommendations regarding safe, effective password managers for the average everyday computer/iphone/ipad user? I have been researching this and frequently I read the only safe password manager is pen and pencil but this doesn't work for me.

Thank you

[Thatgirl]

I use a password manager to keep all of that info including over 9000 password objects alone, RX info, device info, vehicle info, insurance, credit cards, software keys etc.

It syncs with all of my computer and my phones, requires a password and destroys the data if incorrectly entered more than X number of times.

I always have the info at my fingertips. Don't leave home without it.

What program? I'm trying to start to use OneSafe, but I've been inconsistent at best.

I have a fairly complex medical history, so I keep a Road ID interactive subscription that I keep my medical info up to date on. You can attach files, so I have a copy of my health care proxy attached. I should add my CPAP script. I have it saved from the one my doctor sent CPAP.com.

[wake_me_up]

I use a password manager to keep all of that info including over 9000 password objects alone, RX info, device info, vehicle info, insurance, credit cards, software keys etc.

It syncs with all of my computer and my phones, requires a password and destroys the data if incorrectly entered more than X number of times.

I always have the info at my fingertips. Don't leave home without it.

Krelvin and Palerider,

Having all this medical information in your iphone is great but only if you are conscious and able to access the information.
Don't forget some type of medic alert bracelet is needed for information related to life threatening issues.

I have been looking for a password manager. Do you have any recommendations regarding safe, effective password managers for the average everyday computer/iphone/ipad user? I have been researching this and frequently I read the only safe password manager is pen and pencil but this doesn't work for me.

Thank you

I use and love 1password.

[chunkyfrog]

I like the idea of wearing a QR code, either on jewelry or a tattoo;
which could be scanned by EMT's or ER staff, giving them your medical info, instantly.

[Krelvin]

Krelvin and Palerider,

Having all this medical information in your iphone is great but only if you are conscious and able to access the information.
Don't forget some type of medic alert bracelet is needed for information related to life threatening issues.

I have an alert bracelet. Also my phone's lock screen has an emergency contact number on it which is google distribution number which is directed to several family members at the same time.

I have been looking for a password manager. Do you have any recommendations regarding safe, effective password managers for the average everyday computer/iphone/ipad user? I have been researching this and frequently I read the only safe password manager is pen and pencil but this doesn't work for me.

Thank you

The application I use is called B-Folders: http://www.jointlogic.com/b-folders/

I have used it for many years. There are other similar apps, some free, others not, but this one is the easiest for me to use, and sync to keep the information I need at my fingertips where ever I am. It is also secure, with failed attempts (X number of times) leading to a wipe of the database to prevent further attempts. The database on the device is encrypted and you do need to use a password to get in.

It has apps for Android, iPhone, Windows and Mac desktop/Notebooks.

The mobile versions are free. The first desktop license (Mac or Windows) cost money, but the license then allows additional desktops/notebooks.

So in my case, I have the desktop loaded on all of my desktops (home and work) and my notebook as well. I have it on my Android phone, my backup phone (also Android) and my tablet.

I sync them when I made changes on one or the other so that I have a copy of the data refreshed on all of them.

I don't have an iPhone but several other family members do and some have listened to me about using secure passwords and 2FA and use the same app themselves.

Just some of the folders (how I organize what is in it) that I have are:



There are another 20 or so folders. I use search many times to just get what I am looking as well.

[Sonnyboy]

Thanks Krelvin,

I will check this out. I wish I had your computer knowledge.

Good to keep your family contacts handy. I will never forget when my aunt was admitted to the hospital for emergency surgery. I handed the emergency room intake nurse my conservatorship papers/powers of attorney and a complete medication list. The nursing staff lost the conservatorship papers/powers of attorney in less than 24 hours, fortunately I still had a copy in the car, worst than that, the hospitalist [MD] failed to even look at her previous medications.
Always need knowledgeable family helping you out when you are hospitalized.

[palerider]

I have been looking for a password manager. Do you have any recommendations regarding safe, effective password managers for the average everyday computer/iphone/ipad user? I have been researching this and frequently I read the only safe password manager is pen and pencil but this doesn't work for me.

I use a thing called passwordmaker. it's not a password manager.... it's a password creator...

you set up 'recipes' (for want of a better term, and then passwordmaker takes a master password (you only have to remember the one) and the website, (and optionally other things you put in the recipe) and generates a completely unique, complicated password for that site.... as long as you use the same recipe (automatic) and master password, then it generates the same unique password.

so I can use passwords like "Kw?^O$J_HUnM" and not have to remember them. (no, that's not my pwd for here).

there are plugins for most browsers, and apps for most other things

http://passwordmaker.org/

[Sonnyboy]

Thanks Palerider,

I will check out all these suggestions and see which seems best for me.
I appreciate the help.

Sounds like for most, all I need is to remember one initial password.
That can be a challenge for me in itself. I can never even remember the combination to my safe so I have it written down right out in the open where anyone can see it but will never recognize it as a password. Guess I can do something like this again.

I have created and recreated so many new passwords the last couple of years and this is very frustrating and a big time waster. I tried to find something on CNET but in the end they said to use pencil and paper which for me has proven not workable, so I appreciate all these suggestions.

[palerider]

Sounds like for most, all I need is to remember one initial password.
That can be a challenge for me in itself. I can never even remember the combination to my safe so I have it written down right out in the open where anyone can see it but will never recognize it as a password. Guess I can do something like this again.

pick a word, or short phrase that you can remember, but won't be obvious to others.

[wake_me_up]

Sounds like for most, all I need is to remember one initial password.
That can be a challenge for me in itself. I can never even remember the combination to my safe so I have it written down right out in the open where anyone can see it but will never recognize it as a password. Guess I can do something like this again.

pick a word, or short phrase that you can remember, but won't be obvious to others.

yep. something like - "MyWifeLovesMeVeryMuch" is very very strong password, and hopefully easy to remember

[Thatgirl]

Sounds like for most, all I need is to remember one initial password.
That can be a challenge for me in itself. I can never even remember the combination to my safe so I have it written down right out in the open where anyone can see it but will never recognize it as a password. Guess I can do something like this again.

pick a word, or short phrase that you can remember, but won't be obvious to others.

yep. something like - "MyWifeLovesMeVeryMuch" is very very strong password, and hopefully easy to remember

MyW1f3Lov3sM3V3ryMuch! Would be much strong and just as easy to remember- though not nearly as pretty.

[palerider]

MyW1f3Lov3sM3V3ryMuch! Would be much strong and just as easy to remember- though not nearly as pretty.

actually, 'leet speak' offers no protection whatsoever, because 1) everybody thinks it does, so everybody tries it, and 2) the dictionary crackers have it incorporated.... all it does is make for a harder to type password.

[Thatgirl]

MyW1f3Lov3sM3V3ryMuch! Would be much strong and just as easy to remember- though not nearly as pretty.

actually, 'leet speak' offers no protection whatsoever, because 1) everybody thinks it does, so everybody tries it, and 2) the dictionary crackers have it incorporated.... all it does is make for a harder to type password.

Interesting. Every website now forces you to include a number, so I figured it was vital.

[palerider]

MyW1f3Lov3sM3V3ryMuch! Would be much strong and just as easy to remember- though not nearly as pretty.

actually, 'leet speak' offers no protection whatsoever, because 1) everybody thinks it does, so everybody tries it, and 2) the dictionary crackers have it incorporated.... all it does is make for a harder to type password.

Interesting. Every website now forces you to include a number, so I figured it was vital.

adding numbers to passwords increases the size of the possible combinations, as do upper case, and special characters.

but replacing letters with numbers, like 1 for i, or 3 for e, is very predictable...

http://optimwise.com/passwords-with-sim ... -are-weak/

[chunkyfrog]

My work password had to be changed every 45 days, so I would choose a word with four identical but separated letters,
and replace the letters with ones and zeros to produce a binary progression that was easy to use.
This way I could use the same word many times, while my cheat sheet was useless to a casual observer.