#PasswordBooks are a bad idea right? RIGHT?! Well...I'm not so sure.
@kev @bobstechsite This is a perfect example of academic theory not matching real world use. Anyone studying security academically will always tell you to never write down passwords, but this is a real world scenario where writing it down might actually be the best choice.
@zangetsu_MG @kev there are a couple of downsides though:
a) If you're out and about with your laptop, a password book might be easy to "accidentally misplace"
b) If you lose your password book, you're screwed
This is why some people go "full old school" and keep a text file on an encrypted disk. You can print an offline backup you keep in a lockbox and you can still paste passwords into webforms instead of typing them in (dodging keyloggers)
@bobstechsite @zangetsu_MG I agree, it's not perfect, but nothing is.
The likelihood is that browsers etc. will be set to remember logons (as that's what most people do), so I think that would probably negate the need for the book when "out and about". Certainly this would be the case on a mobile device.
@kev @bobstechsite @zangetsu_MG I used to record them all in my Bullet Journal, Keepass works these days. Completely agree with the lack of security mentioned, and not really mattering.
@bobstechsite tbf this is greatly facilitated by utilities like pass which still work via copy and paste but allow easier searching, updating etc
@zangetsu_MG @kev disclaimer: I'm one of those people.
Although I have been experimenting with Firefox Sync + a master password recently to see if the convenience is worth it.