Passwords you CAN write down? Secure passwords that you can carry in your wallet, PasswordCard to the rescue.

IT Trenches - A password reminder to carry with you

“Okay, passwords may have reached the end of their useful life, but passwords are not gone yet. I know it is a challenge to come up with a unique secure password for all identities that we use to access secured resources. This is why a solution called PasswordCard comes across as a simple solution that is easy to implement at no additional cost or infrastructure changes. I’m sure that this is not an original idea but this website makes it simple to use. In a way, it is like a one-time pad.

A PasswordCard is a credit card size piece of paper which has symbols, characters and colors. You simply choose a symbol on the top row, choose a colored row and then use the characters shown to select the appropriate length of password. In the example shown below, I chose the Spade symbol then chose the green row and 8 characters for the password:$kKCSVQm. This is very simple to use and can be easily carried or posted without risk (unless the user marks their passwords in some manner).

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PasswordCard.org

“What is it?

You have dozens of accounts on all kinds of websites and other systems, each of whom wants you to pick a secure password. But they all have different rules, and anyway, you can't even remember one secure password that consists of a random string of letters and numbers, let alone dozens of them!

So, you use simple, easy to remember (and easy to guess) passwords, or you use the same password everywhere. We all do it. But in these days of identity theft, that is a very bad idea!

Enter PasswordCard

A PasswordCard is a credit card-sized card you keep in your wallet, which lets you pick very secure passwords for all your websites, without having to remember them! You just keep them with you, and even if your wallet does get stolen, the thief will still not know your actual passwords.

How does it work?

Your PasswordCard has a unique grid of random letters and digits on it. The rows have different colors, and the columns different symbols. All you do is remember a combination of a symbol and a color, and then read the letters and digits from there. It couldn't be simpler!

You can optionally include an area that has only digits which you can use for PIN's, and you can also choose to include symbols if you use sites which require your passwords to include them. Remember that you can still use the digits-only area for regular passwords, for any site which allows numbers in its passwords!

But I thought we weren't supposed to write down our passwords?

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. It's far safer to pick secure passwords and write them down, than it is to remember simple and easy to guess passwords. You already protect your wallet very well, and even if it does get stolen the thief will still not know which of the many thousands of possibilities on the card is your password.

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Interesting… This is something simple and easy that might work for the average user (cough… Yes, honey, I’m looking at you… cough)

 

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