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First post, by Tetrium

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I just found out I can't log into my account on cpu-world anymore (the opera don't-forget thingy has forgotten) and (Yes, you can see it coming) of course I lost the password of the email address I used to register over there as well! -_-

Why am I writing this? Dunno, maybe I'm just ranting, but I'm also kinda posting this so others from over there can see that it's not a hoax or anything.

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Reply 2 of 16, by RogueTrip2012

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I guess that means you don't have 1 password for everything...

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Reply 3 of 16, by nemesis

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🤣! I'm with you on that one. I had the same thing happen on my PS3 account and it took forever to get it fixed thanks to the hacker... "Remember Me" feature gets amnesia sometimes I guess 🙁 .

Reply 4 of 16, by SavantStrike

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No. Never.

*quickly runs and hides in the corner in shame*

Yes, I've forgotten passwords before, once in a way that it was never recoverable again.

Reply 5 of 16, by Pippy P. Poopypants

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Generally I don't use the same password for everything, but I limit myself to 5 different ones max.

And within those 5 I use different variations of the same password (i.e. one or two different characters or numbers). As long as I can remember every combination it's fine. I don't ever write them down anywhere either; just only keep it orally amongst trusted family members. But I did forget the one to my banking account once and it was quite a hassle to reset.

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Reply 6 of 16, by eL_PuSHeR

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It happened to me, several times. I mostly use one password, although sometimes I change it a bit. That's why I made backups of Firefox user settings folder from time to time.

This time I forgot how to enter one of my bank accounts. 😁

Reply 7 of 16, by Tetrium

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RogueTrip2012 wrote:

I guess that means you don't have 1 password for everything...

Nope 😁

eL_PuSHeR wrote:

It happened to me, several times. I mostly use one password, although sometimes I change it a bit. That's why I made backups of Firefox user settings folder from time to time.

How do you do that?

And I alsways write them down...and guess what happened to the scrap of paper I write it down on 😁

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Reply 8 of 16, by DosFreak

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You guys do know that Firefox doesn't encrypt the passwords unless you change a setting? (Unless that's been changed in the newer versions).

It'd be a simple matter to have malware upload the file that contains the unencrypted passwords (although a keylogger would work just as well)

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Reply 9 of 16, by eL_PuSHeR

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Does 4.01 display this behaviour too?. How can stored passwords be forced to be crypted?

Reply 11 of 16, by Tetrium

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But unless your security is compromised, will it be important if the password is encrypted or not?

Btw, the really important passwords I always type in manually 😉

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Reply 12 of 16, by Leolo

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I've forgotten ALL of my important passwords, except for one:

http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/

I only remember this one password (although, to be honest, is not a password, but a passphrase), which I also have written down in paper in several "secret" places at home (the same places where I hide all the drugs! 😜

I email the .psafe3 file to myself from time to time, to have it backed up by Google's gmail servers.

It's a bit of a hassle, but it keeps me relatively secure, while at the same time avoids the problem of forgotten passwords.

Reply 13 of 16, by jmrydholm

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I forgot the EEPROM code to an old Xbox hard drive that I wanted as an external HD, and now it's a useless, fancy paperweight.

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Reply 15 of 16, by butterfly

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No. Weird I forget usernames more easily, specially when I can't remember if the login is the full email address

Reply 16 of 16, by Pippy P. Poopypants

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If you use different usernames everywhere you go, forgetting them is always inevitable. I have ran into that problem many times in the past.

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