username&password, pen&paper encryption

[kanette]

I have bunch of account with different username&password and I always forget it. So, I want to write it down in a paper in case I forget it. But I don't want other people to know what I write down in paper. Is there anyhow I can write down without any other person to understand my password?

For example of basic encrypt.
If my password is azz, I can write down like this
1 24 24

Most of people who look at my paper won't understand what the code represent but an experience hacker can disciple the code easily. 1 represent a, 24 represent z.

So, whenever you have another account, you can write it down without anybody can see.

 

[h00dlum]

or you can just choose a password that you can enver forget(or stick to one password)

 

[v1p3r]

Use simple methods, but layer them.

So your first tier could be ROT13 (letters move 13 places to the right, so A becomes M etc).
The second tier could be to then write all the letters backwards.
The third is to use the method you outlined above to numerate your password.
And finally apply a mathamatical operation (such as squaring, but that won't decrypt properly if the number starts with a 0.)

Then just do it all backwards to decrypt it

 

[v1p3r]

If you encrypted 'password' with this method you would get:

password
cnffjbeq
qebjffnc
17 5 2 10 6 6 14 3
...and so on, the password becoming more convoluted with each tier.

 

[kanette]

I hate math!! Is there any other way except mathing. Like use chinese letter, cross-word puzzle, or some other inteligent stuff?

 

[Dalamari]

I just rot13 convert my passwords...seems to work.

 

[Maxi]

yeah, first rot13, then backwards, then ASCII codes, then square them then have them as answers to realllllly tough equations and just write the equations

 

[burnzie]

I just write it on the inside of my underpants...

 

[destrukt]

^ that's commonly seen though isn't it burnzie ?

 

[burnzie]

^ that's commonly seen though isn't it burnzie ?

/me makes imature 'whoooooooooh' noise

 

[Dasparov]

i must be wierd cause i just have a password as something i know of

 

[GamerGirl]

My password is 123456.

 

[kingthebadger]

My password is 123456.

hilarious!

 

[oldagerocker]

i stick to 3 passwords i dont forget, for certain things i have to add in a number or something il put my pass in leet speak to include the number.

 

[Crushenator 500]

My password is 123456.

That's amazing, i've got the same combination on my luggage! :O

 

[blahblahblah]

You could force yourself to remember them all. I have more than a dozen different passwords I use on a regular basis. Once you get use to more than 4, it is easy to remember more.

 

[DevgruSeal]

I've used that kind of basic encryption...I use it to talk to my friends sometimes...Like at school...if we're trying to talk about something quietly, and keep it on the down low, I write it down like that...

A=1
B=2
C=3
Z=26

Like that...I have it on my blog...Try making a guessing game..Like if your password is gaben (Ah yes, the old fake gold posters), put down clues like a file on your computer.

Like on paper write it down, saying something like "hl2.txt" in the folder "Water Valve" on the G drive.

meaning VALVe, HL2, G(ordon), then in the text file, put the number for the letter N...

 

[we11er]

How about the BrainF*ck code? Though you've got to be a major geek/programmer to understand it.

 

[Tantalus]

Sorry, most of these encryption are way to simple. Just... remember the passwords. Like GamerGirl... her password is VERY difficult to memorize, yet she manages it...

 

[Sprafa]

I use about 6 passwords overall, never forgot a single one.

 

[v1p3r]

How about the BrainF*ck code? Though you've got to be a major geek/programmer to understand it.

Whats that? :stare:

 

[Link]

Have your password as an MD5 hash (Or the first however many letters you can use) So you take your password and get an MD5 hash (You can use this tool:
Password = mypass
MD5hash = a029d0df84eb5549c641e04a9ef389e5
so if you need an 8 character password, you use 'a029d0df'. Then you can leave your passwords lying around written down and no-one will be able to make them work (Unless they know you use MD5 hashing)

 

[A2597]

heh, I use one word, and a number combo for passwords.

so, At one site I may use:

Fish93

and at another I'll use a varient of it, like say

Bass52

etc. each word being something that only I would EVER assume to use in a password, and a number that means something to me, and ONLY me. But not in a way that others can guess it.

As such, I can go to ANY website I've EVER registered at, and at MOST it will only take a few tries to get in.

 

[Tantalus]

Use the same password for everything, but make it completely random. Example

Mode25Info