Keeping Track of Passwords I remember reading an article about Passwords in the 1990's. It might have been in PC World Magazine (R), or maybe the Washington Post. Can’t remember where it was, but at least some of these ideas came from that article. Anyway, passwords came up again this week. One of my legion of readers writes, “I have something like 20 passwords that I have to remember, and some of them have to be changed frequently. I am always forgetting my passwords! What can I do?” There are a number of password-making strategies. The most common ones have critical weaknesses: 1) The Key to the Kingdom. This is a password so marvelously easy to remember, yet so difficult to guess, that the user sets it as his password every time he needs one. The weakness is obvious. If someone guesses or finds the password, he has instant access to a bank account, medical records, tax returns, emails and work accounts. 2) The...