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For managing passwords, see this answerthis answer: the trick is not to remember them, but to store the passwords in some "reasonably secure" storage area.

If you really want to remember passwords, with your brain, then my advice would be to force yourself to type them often, at least daily. Fingers are better than brain cells at this kind of job (it is called muscle memory). Of course, this is not practical for Web passwords "at large". What you can do is split your passwords in two categories:

  • the passwords which you use very often, and store in your brain;
  • the passwords which you use rarely, and store in a file.

(Various storage systems exist, but a plain file can be secure enough, if you do it properly; again, see the previous response I link to.)

For managing passwords, see this answer: the trick is not to remember them, but to store the passwords in some "reasonably secure" storage area.

If you really want to remember passwords, with your brain, then my advice would be to force yourself to type them often, at least daily. Fingers are better than brain cells at this kind of job (it is called muscle memory). Of course, this is not practical for Web passwords "at large". What you can do is split your passwords in two categories:

  • the passwords which you use very often, and store in your brain;
  • the passwords which you use rarely, and store in a file.

(Various storage systems exist, but a plain file can be secure enough, if you do it properly; again, see the previous response I link to.)

For managing passwords, see this answer: the trick is not to remember them, but to store the passwords in some "reasonably secure" storage area.

If you really want to remember passwords, with your brain, then my advice would be to force yourself to type them often, at least daily. Fingers are better than brain cells at this kind of job (it is called muscle memory). Of course, this is not practical for Web passwords "at large". What you can do is split your passwords in two categories:

  • the passwords which you use very often, and store in your brain;
  • the passwords which you use rarely, and store in a file.

(Various storage systems exist, but a plain file can be secure enough, if you do it properly; again, see the previous response I link to.)

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For managing passwords, see this answer: the trick is not to remember them, but to store the passwords in some "reasonably secure" storage area.

If you really want to remember passwords, with your brain, then my advice would be to force yourself to type them often, at least daily. Fingers are better than brain cells at this kind of job (it is called muscle memory). Of course, this is not practical for Web passwords "at large". What you can do is split your passwords in two categories:

  • the passwords which you use very often, and store in your brain;
  • the passwords which you use rarely, and store in a file.

(Various storage systems exist, but a plain file can be secure enough, if you do it properly; again, see the previous response I link to.)