I knew my account was compromised when I found out Gawker has been hacked. I had an account with Lifehacker, a Gawker website. And these things … you just know.
And so I banged my head against the wall for using the same email address & password combination on other websites. Facebook included. And true enough, barely 24 hours after Gawker disclosed the info, my Facebook account was flagged for suspicious activity from Texas.
But all is good. I am now a proud LastPass account holder. It can generate strong passwords that no sane human being will be able to remember.
All my passwords are stored in LastPass’ super duper encrypted servers. If I need to use a password, I can login to my vault, or i can just install a browser extension which autofills websites with my super duper hard-to-remember passwords. Yes, like Firefox’s saved passwords feature. But with the security and portability.
I am still in the process of regenerating all my passwords. But I’m getting there.
(Why LastPass? Because it’s my way of thanking them for purchasing Xmarks. And I think Password1 is highway robbery, making you pay for each platform you use it on. Ala Slingbox. Evil.)