Passwords Frustrate Me
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (90168)
United States
December 22, 2023 9:46am CST
I get why passwords are important, don't get me wrong. And I am pretty good about coming up with a password that well, you'd have to know a very deep secret about me to even come close to what they are.
Not bad secrets, mind you. But stuff ONLY I could ever know that I simply do not share.
I have a particular password for financial stuff and another for writing stuff and yet another for all other stuff.
They are essentially all the same for each. But here's the problem. While my password is essentially the same, the manner in which each sites WANTS it isn't, and it makes password management extremely frustrating.
This one wants upper and lower case. That one wants a combination of letters, numbers and symbols. The other wants only symbols and no numbers.
Unless I have a really good memory, which I don't, I get it wrong lots of times. Sometimes to the point that I get locked out for trying too many times. I do keep a file now. But doesn't that defeat the purpose of the passwords?
Luckily, I have more and more set to autofill. But even that, to me, seems counterintuitive to the idea of having a password. Either way, passwords frustrate me to no end.
Do they frustrate you too?
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17 responses
@FourWalls (67781)
• United States
22 Dec
I do the autofill and the keychain on Apple. I also have two-factor authentication turned on for the “big stuff” (like my bank, social security, etc.), not to mention a specific e-mail address solely for those accounts.
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@dgobucks226 (35574)
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23 Dec
Yes, many sites have encouraged you to sign up for 2-factor authorization now. Good point!
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@dgobucks226 (35574)
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23 Dec
@porwest I see your point. I do think for financial stuff it is a good idea, however the negative is it sure makes you even more reliant on your cell phone for everything.
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@2ndchances24 (8842)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
22 Dec
I hate them too, so your not alone there
I just about messed up my email this morn
due to password, but I finally got it right.
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@2ndchances24 (8842)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
23 Dec
@porwest I agree, that's why I keep all my info
on note pads so I can keep up with them all.
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@porwest (90168)
• United States
23 Dec
@2ndchances24 These days you have to do something. It's ridiculous.
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I try to have a password that "makes sense" with the site, I never use English, but I use my Milanese dialect, I think my passwords are "hard to guess".
@aninditasen (16382)
• Raurkela, India
23 Dec
I do get irritated when my passwords get wrong time and again. I use the auto fill but I have almost the same password in most of the sites.
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@aninditasen (16382)
• Raurkela, India
26 Dec
@porwest That's the reason I just make slight changes so that I can remember.
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@innertalks (21905)
• Australia
24 Dec
I actually get a lot of pleasure in creating really strong passwords for my various accounts.
I do not even try to remember them.
How could I when my passwords are often very long, the longest being 56 characters?
The longer the password, the stronger it is usually.
I have a word document file, which has a password on it, and I just remember that one password, then I open the file to use what I need to use, and use the password by copy and paste. That way, I always have it inputted correctly.
@Shiva49 (26669)
• Singapore
23 Dec
Yes, we need to comply with the rules of different sites and banks and some others want us to change them every few months.
The easiest password to remember is "INCORRECT" as we are prompted when we input wrongly - your password is incorrect!
I have a notebook now to write down as repeated wrong inputs can result in getting locked out.
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@LindaOHio (178131)
• United States
23 Dec
No. I have them in an alpha file and on a spreadsheet. I must have hundreds of passwords. Have a good day.
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@Beestring (14532)
• Hong Kong
23 Dec
I agree with you. Those requirements are frustrating.
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@moffittjc (121548)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Dec
Yes, it frustrates me to no end. If it wasn't for autofill on my computer, I would be helplessly lost with my passwords. Someone really needs to come up with a better way. I use Face ID for most of my passwords, but even that has its limitations and own set of frustrations.
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@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
22 Dec
You’re not supposed to use the same password on more than one site. But I don’t follow that rule. If every site (and there are many) use all different passwords (and totally unrelated to each other) how in the world are we supposed to remember them all? Sure we can write them down somewhere but what if we lose that paper or file? Or what if someone steals it?
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@dgobucks226 (35574)
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23 Dec
I second that complaint. Just when I have the password combos I want set up where I can actually remember them a site will suddenly want a symbol or some other requirement. I use password manager which definitely helps. You don't realize how many different sites you accumulate. I remember when it was just financial stuff like banks and credit cards. Now, every type of site requires a password and account.
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