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If you have concerns about online security, and I think most of us do, this will help! If you're like me, you may have 5 bajillion passwords and multiple user names that you use for all of the various sites that you sign in to. On top of that you may sign in with different devices, like your computer, laptop or your smartphone. It can be difficult to keep track of it all and pretty darn nearly impossible to remember them. Norton Identity Safe provides an easier, safer solution to help us out.
Basically you download the software and register with one master user name and password. Then as you're surfing around, it saves all the other passwords and user names that you've been using on your favorite sites, as you go to them. So you only have to do this once, for each of the sites that you frequent. Then it remembers the info and the next time you go there, it fills the info in for you! Bing! It's like a password Fairy!
I've been using it for several days now and it really is a time saver not to mention the peace of mind you get, knowing that your passwords are locked up tight!
I've also tried out the handy dandy Password Generator on the Norton site. It randomly selects more secure passwords for you. And you can filter it to match the requirements that you need to meet. For example if you need a password with 2 numbers, 8 letters and 2 punctuation marks, you can set it to create that for you. Nice!
Norton Identity Safe is currently Free for Download (and it stays free once you download it, no strings attached!). You can Click HERE to grab it and get started!
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The key and lock graphics are perfect for this. I am at that age where all of a sudden I can have a complete brain lock - I can't access the information I need - sometimes it is a name of someone I have know for many years and sometimes it is when I am sitting at the computer entering in the user name and then......yes, a blank.....nothing.....I have to get out my cheat sheet and look up my password. Please help me password fairy -
ReplyDeleteHi Karen
ReplyDeleteGood timing for me.... Recently I forgot my itunes password, couldn't update anything, couldn't download, basically I was stuck and when I typed in my email I couldn't retrieve it because I have a new email and can't access the old one where they sent the hint.... Yikes so to make matters worse I opened a new itunes to fix the problem... NO!
Now all the apps and songs are on the old itunes which I cant access to save my life. And did you ever try to contact anyone out there in itunes world??? This problem went on for months until I made my fifth trip to the Apple store. I don't know what they did but they fixed things for me... some kind of magic.
I now have my passwords written on a piece of paper in my office... if I keep the place clean and can find it... The Norton download sounds like the perfect solution to me! Thanks for the heads up!
Susan
Homeroad
I'm running to downloads this fab device !!! That will save me loads of time ...I always forgot my passwords !!! Except the credit card one !!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYikes! I can never remember my name and password for a seldom used site, I have it written down, but I have to find the written page when I want to access the site. It has been suggested more than once to use a program such as this.
ReplyDeleteMy problem is that I have so many passwords, sometimes it is hard to match up the username to my password! I think the worst one is my old email account which I have no use for anymore. I made it in high school, and have entirely forgotten the password. No matter how I dig my brain, I never seem to be able to remember.
ReplyDeleteFirst, I love the lock and key Karen, thanks so much for those!
ReplyDeleteSecond - a Norton product that does all that for free? I'm astounded, and grateful. I'll definitely be checking it out, thank you!
I have this and other Norton products and love them!
ReplyDeleteDeb
Since different sites sometimes have different requirements for the strength of your password, I now have a notebook where I record the user name and the variation of my password used for each site. It's a bit of a pain to have to look it up, but it is easier than starting over.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the fabulous graphics you provide AND the fact that you provide good sized images which many other sites do not.
I changed my passwords last year and lo and behold I forgot the ones I made for the ones I made for my bank. Thought I would be clever and made up 3 new ones at one time. Not such a good idea. Maybe one at at time until I commit the new one to memory. So I had to start over on each banking / credit card location. It took so much time. I'll never do that again.
ReplyDeleteA site I hadn't visited in several years became of new interest to me, but when I went to log in to my old account, I couldn't remember the password. I tried several of the current ones I use, but nada. Finally, I remembered, sadly, that the password from several years ago was a series of numbers with my dog's name in it -- a dog who recently passed away.
ReplyDeleteI'm always forgetting passwords, and I have sheets of paper with passwords scratched out as I change them. This would be incredibly helpful.
My mother has the most difficult time in the world remembering her passwords. We finally had to create an excel spreadsheet to store everything in so she won't get herself locked out of everything she uses. I sent her a link to this post so that she can learn about the product, because I swear somebody who knows her personally must've invented it.
ReplyDeleteWe all have so many passwords to keep up with! There's no way that we can remember them all without a trick to help us. There's been several times I've had to retrieve a forgotten pasword. Luckily I've kept the same email address forever so it hasn't been a problem.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Becky
Jaylonsmom(at)gmail(dot)com
I actually forget or lose my passwords a lot. One time I had to call and one of the companies and get everything set back up because I could not remember the password. I have a yellow piece of paper that I have all account IDs and passwords on so that I will not forget them, what happens if I LOSE THAT!!! I did find a small "password Log" book at Barnes and Nobles...I think I need that! LOVE THE BLOG!
ReplyDeleteI don't so much lose passwords as mistype them and get locked out of my bank account every few weeks... it gives me so many attempts and then I have to go through this annoying process to reset it.
ReplyDeleteYour lock and key graphic is beautiful. As for passwords, between work and my home pc, I have tons of different passwords. I always forget which ones I use for everything. This software sounds like it would be quite handy.
ReplyDeleteI have endless issues with one particular website. I don't use it often but when I do it's important (usually I am submitting requests for fairly sizeable reimbursements), and it invariably tells me my username and password are wrong, and I have to choose new ones, confirm them, etc. Incredibly frustrating.
ReplyDeleteThe bane of my existence is my AT&T account. I can't find my account and password ids through scrupulous process of elimination. I need Norton or a full time assistant/rememberer!
ReplyDeleteThis was created for me! I try to use only one or two user names and passwords but the different sites just won't let me. Yes I had my daught make me an excell list and that helps but I still forget to add to it and then I foget totally. I am really looking forward to trying this.
ReplyDeleteAs usual I screwed up the url information so I am back to fix it
ReplyDeleteLove the lock & key graphic! I may just have to try that software - it's such a pain to remember passwords you don't use often! - and I have lost count of how many times I've had to have passwords reset or new accounts created because I can't remember the password for the life of me!
ReplyDeleteI work in a business where every program requires a diffrent password then at home I have several.... I am forever trying work ones at home and home ones at work...I am forever lost..
ReplyDeleteI certainly know exactly what you mean about remembering so many different passwords! I also keep a cheat sheet at home! Having this would make life so much easier! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI always forget my passwords! My husband is in IT for a living...so I should be better at security and things like that!
ReplyDeleteFirst, thanks for so many wonderful graphics! And, yes, I cannot remember anything! I think I need that beautiful lock and key hanging around my neck!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI work with passwords all the time, since I deal with servers and software all day long. The worst time was after I had purchased a plugin from a site that went out of business three years later. The site stayed around for those who had previously purchased the plugin, but since no one was watching the site, It was impossible to recover the password I used to purchase it with. I searched emails, and deleted files on old computers, All to no avail. In the end, I finally found a copy of the plugin on an old computer in the basement, so,...crisis averted. But all of that could have been avoided if I'd just had a system in place to keep all passwords safe and sound. I try to be more careful now.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes forget my password for paypal.
ReplyDeletefelecia@twinoaksfl.org
Acck! Don't get me started!
ReplyDeleteI have a hard time remembering passwords, especially for sites that have you change them up every so often "for security"......those I can NEVER remember!LOL!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was still working,I had a password for getting into our main system,and then their was a seperate password for email,a seperate password for payroll files,a seperate password for securtiy cameras...and thus seperate passwords for, 4 seperate systems...and then my home computer. Plus my sons who is visually imparred his....now we up to 6...and not a one ever came up at the same time for changing..plus not allowed to use the same on payroll or security as main application....so as you can see it could get dicey...and when I went on vacation ...our passwords had to combinations of alpha and numerical,plus capitol and lower case......Thank Goodness for a call support center....because at least once a month,I had to have a reset.....Now I just keep one for retirment Heaven....
ReplyDeleteTwitter posted here: https://twitter.com/TheRightTwinlet/status/215903760906596355
ReplyDeleteThank you for the opportunity! :)
Just recently i acquired a password for a online banking card. I wrote in down on a piece of paper because i knew i would never remember a 13 digit code and decided to put it where i could find it. Well not only did i not have the mind to remember the code but couldn't remember where i hide the piece of paper. I am still in the process of trying to find that piece of paper, when i can remember to look for it, too funny
ReplyDeleteOh geez, it seems like every time I have to go to a site to deal with a bill or look up some information I have to do a "forgot password" retrieval! Now I keep them in my Chrome keychain, but the security of Norton products I'm sure out-does that of the Chrome browser! Thanks for the chance =)
ReplyDeleteI am notorious for losing or forgetting passwords, so much so that I now have a hard copy file of them in a mini-notepad that fits in my wallet.
ReplyDeleteThe worst was when my computer crashed and I had oh so cleverly been using the automated Firefox password helper- I had to get EVERYTHING reset once I got a new computer and lost a great deal of time while doing so, not to mention added a lot of unnecessary stress into my life!
Thanks for the chance to win such a great prize!
I tweeted :)
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/JaxLea/status/215932480992190464
I am really conscientious about keeping track of passwords because I hate getting locked out of accounts! If they're really tricky i write them down and keep them somewhere safe. :)
ReplyDeleteI always seem to forget my passwords. I keep a list stored on my computer. Not very secure, I am sure.I have used Norton products for years and will give this a try. Thank you for the information.
ReplyDeleteI was in London, newly arrived at the airport, and couldn't remember any PINS or passwords to save my life! I was sure I'd be stuck there forever, not even able to take the train into the city, as I had no money. After sitting quietly for about 5 min, I remembered the one I needed, and was able to access my bank account.
ReplyDeleteI had kept a list in my purse, but of course, left most of the contents of the purse at home while traveling. Could have been awful!
i always forget my log in info for job websites when i apply or for sites i rarely use like applying for fafsa. i always end up having to request a new password.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't remember the password to my husbands bank account. I said "Oh my what am I gonna do now?" Luckily they did have a button that asked if you had forgotten your password, but I only found it after an hour trying to remember the password.
ReplyDeleteJust today I had to contact the IT department at my office because I forgot a password to one of the programs I use. Sad to say, just a couple of months ago I had to do the same thing for the same program. IT changed the password to coincide with my universal log-in, but then that changed! between all the different passwords at work and at home, it is impossible to keep them all straight!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice idea... I love the Lock and Key. Would make a great card. I wish passwords were easier to remember. I'm always forgetting. This would be a nice program to have. Thanks for sharing it with all of us.
ReplyDeleteSooo handy! I need this as my brain ages :) Off to tweet it.
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ReplyDeleteI forget a password almost daily. It drives me insane. There are too many sites to log into. Thanks for the great giveaway Karen!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you posted this. I have had a few viruses in the last month and the guy at Staples loaded Norton on for me. It works great, but he never told me about the whole password thing- that will make life much easier. I wondered why that key thing kept popping up. I could not access my flickr account no matter how hard I tried, ended up having to start up a new on. Got all those photos floating around in cyberspace that I can't access! Barb
ReplyDeleteI forget my passwords all of the time. I think the most annoying was our credit card website b/c when I called to ask a question about it they wouldn't talk to me b/c I was a cardholder, but not a authorized user....blah blah blah! :)))
ReplyDeleteErincyoung (at) yahoo.com
I tweeted about this giveaway. :)
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erincyoung (at) yahoo.com
Tweeted! https://twitter.com/madincrafts/status/216162137234620417
ReplyDeleteI know it is good internet security to have a different password for every thing you need to log into, but who can remember that many? I am already constantly having to have my passwords reset and emailed back to me. :P
ReplyDeleteI changed my passwords last year after a trip to Germany. Then this year, when I was there again, I completely forgot all of my passwords. I had to reset every password and I wrote them down. Well, by the time I got home, that piece of paper I thought was safely tucked away, was so safely tucked away I couldn't find it!!! I have been home a month now, still have not found that paper and have reset passwords yet again!!!
ReplyDeleteI always have trouble when the website changed the number of letters/numbers that you need. IE one website wouldnt take my whole 6 letters 1 number- it only took5 of the letters but since it was ***** I didnt notice and they didnt TELL me that! so when I tried to type in my password later- it wouldnt fit! I was surprised when I got the email with my password that wasnt what I typed in! Now I have to think which letters did they take off?
ReplyDeleteChances are fairly good that they took off the final letter and number of your password. Most sites take the first entered information and reject that which comes after the character limit they impose.
DeleteWow! I could REALLY make use of a tablet! And the Norton Password program is perfect for me... The older I get, the More I Forget! And that's not Just Passwords! lol
ReplyDeleteI tried to get into my hotmail account one day and couldn't get in. Someone had changed my password and my secret phrase answer! Then I realized that they had also hijacked my ebay account and was selling stuff on my ebay account. They were not real products they were selling, just putting pictures on and write ups to get the money. Come to find out the person was from China! Never did actually catch them, though. Took ALL DAY to get THAT straightened out, and luckily, no one bought any of the products.
ReplyDeleteMy Tweet on Twitter! https://twitter.com/cat56ri/status/216183707688644608
ReplyDeleteThanks!
I have a small resale/gift shop and do a lot of online auctions. I missed out on a fantastic deal recently because I couldn't remember my password in time to make the final bid. Ugh... certainly could use this app. Thanks for all the great graphics!
ReplyDeleteI forgot my email password and i ended up just getting a new e-mail. :( i really liked my email username, canyonsquirrel, lol. No, not really.
ReplyDeleteKaren, I love the way you tied the vintage lock graphic in with this post. Perfection! And I love the term you coined -- "Password Fairy".
ReplyDeleteSo, the "time" I forgot my password. Oh...so many times to choose; seems like almost a daily occurrence. Probably my most frustrating password experience is when I enter what I think is my password, get denied, and then try the other dozen passwords in my mental rolodex -- all denied. I finally click the "send me my password" lifeline and receive it via email, only to find that the password is the very first one I tried -- but I had the "CAPS LOCK" on. Grrr....
After having two babies I think my brain has gone to mush! My computer often remembers my passwords for me, and I loathe the day its forgets because there is no way I will remember!!
ReplyDeleteI wish I only had "a" story about forgetting my password. The worst is when it's something time-sensitive, like when I'm trying to get into my bank account or pay a bill -- like on the day it's due?? Ugh. And then you have to answer the security questions that you completed years ago -- who remembers those answers? My favorite TV show? My favorite color? That changes!
ReplyDeleteHow timely is this post!
ReplyDeleteI just had a major "brain fart" while at the Apple Store yesterday picking up my 1st iPad!!
They help you set it up right there and when we were trying to set up my e-mail on the iPad...I forgot my e-mail password! That's because I rarely have to type it in, because it is "saved" on my desktop system at home. Still, I should have been able to come up with it, because I only use a few combos for my passwords, but alas...it escaped me! LOL!
I actually had this product before and really liked it, but when I got my new computer it came preinstalled with a different brand of security software, so I wasn't sure if it was okay to use the Norton with it. I will go to their site and see if I can use it with a different security suite.
Thank-you for the review!
Losing my passwords is a regular fact of life around here! I lost for an e-mail account one time and it was SUCH a hassle to recover. It took days! Never again!
ReplyDeleteI also tweeted:
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/modpodgerocks/status/216251661159628800
Oh my, I just had this problem yesterday. I was trying to put some apps on for my grandchildren and lo and behold I didn't know my password. Had to set up a new one. HELP!!!!!!
ReplyDelete(By the way I love your blog, check it everyday)
I have a little file for all my passwords. It started out so small but now it's getting too big - way too many passwords to remember. This sounds like a great tool. Before my little file system, I couldn't remember a password for an online store after I had purchased something. I couldn't check my order status or log onto my account. Aaaack.
ReplyDeleteTweeted about your wonderful giveaway.
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/carolynhomework/status/216289026943090688
Great give away!
ReplyDeleteI have forgotten my password to log into my bank account so many times, it's hard to remember the caps lock on the first letter of my password. I have forgotten my password for other websites as well so many times, it has been frustrating to say the least!
ReplyDeleteI tweeted about this giveaway, here is the link: https://twitter.com/OneMomsMoxie/status/216330547868340225
ReplyDeleteI try to keep a list of my passwords, but somehow I couldn't find my password for my laptop and couldn't update anything...very frustrating!
ReplyDeleteThere used to be one site that I stopped frequenting because I forgot the username I used when I registered. It would make sense to use the same one, but so many times I am told its not available. I guess I have a common name. I like it better when your username is your e-mail.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting this fabulous giveaway. As a blogger, we isn't alot of sites and have way too many usernames and passwords. This is the perfect solution - thank you for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteMy husband just bought me a "little black book" for my passwords. So many times i have to recover it and change it because I forgot what it was.
ReplyDeleteI am actually locked out of an apple acct right now! Thanks for the great gway!
ReplyDeleteI always forget and have to wait for the reset email. It's a pain!!!!
ReplyDeleteI just got off the phone with my HSA Bank yesterday because The Husband forgot the password and got us locked out of the account. Irritating!
ReplyDeleteI have an account on the local community college website. I log in only rarely, so I have forgotten my password twice, couldn't get the online password retrieval to work, and had to call their office TWICE to get someone to send me or re-set my password.
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ReplyDeleteThis would be SO great for me! The worst time I ever forgot my password was when I needed to re-register my domain name (after having first registered it for the previous five years), and I waited until the very last day to do it...and then couldn't figure out the password for the life of me! Luckily the customer service dept was great, but the Norton sure would have saved me a ton of hassle! :)
ReplyDeleteI have so many important passwords -- for school, my bank, email etc -- that I have to have a list of sign in names and password hints. I like to think only having hints makes the list more secure, but I might be fooling myself. I have, in the past, stopped using a site because I forgot both my sign in name and password!
ReplyDeleteOkay, y'all, I have a three-page table of passwords in eeny type with all my passwords on it. I'm paranoid about using the same one or two passwords all the time, so I probably have about ten that I switch around. I certainly do feel secure, but I certainly can't remember all of them, either! Norton, please help me! And Karen, love your blog--just found it.
ReplyDeleteSo far, I haven't forgotten a password for anything important and I do have too many different ones! Thanks for a chance to win and have a great day!
ReplyDeletekmassmanATgmailDOTcom
I have a couple of passwords I use...with 3 or 4 different versions of each. So...I have to run through them all when I forget! I have been locked out of more than one site, I have :}
ReplyDeleteI used to work at a job that required me to change my passwords every so many months. I would get totally lost trying to remember them for all the different programs!
ReplyDeletechambanachik@gmail.com
Tweeted: https://twitter.com/chambanachik/status/217130374722101248
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I always forget the password to her zipper... @thebeefsalad
ReplyDeleteI forgot my password just today -- as I was desparately trying to order a sunhat for my daughter's quickly approaching mission trip to the Dominican Republic!
ReplyDeleteWith social media and computers today - it is impossible NOT to forget! I have usernames (which is usually the same unless there are other rules: capitals, numerals, etc) which is dannylions. My passwords vary to each specific site - whether they require 52 digits, 3 alphanumeric syntaxes, couponcodes and upc codes that need to be embedded in the pw depending upon the site.... when I keep my list updated life is good! It is when I forget where I put the list with all the usernames/passcodes that gives me an ulcer!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy mom always forgets her passwords to everything. She calls me and asks if I know! Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't!
ReplyDeleteTweet: https://twitter.com/Steph2Pigs/status/217509023841394688
ReplyDeleteI have forgotten my Khol's password just yesterday. iwanted to sign on to buy my grandson a water play table, and now have to call khol's to get my account unlocked becuase I have gotten myself frozon out.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win a tablet!!!
ReplyDeleteBecause I have so many passwords, I can't remember them so I have to keep a hard copy of them in a notebook. Time consuming!
I also tweeted about your giveaway:
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I can never remember my walgreens. com password. I even have written down and have now lost that paper.
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I have a set of index cards for my passwords and user names. Recently, sites have started requiring an update of passwords... especially the banks. I have been repeatedly locked out of my bank accounts because i forgot to update my cheat sheets!
ReplyDeleteand just forgot my password to WordPress while trying to post my last comment!! Yes, it happens ALL the time!! This sounds like a great product!
ReplyDeleteI like the key design. Vintage lock and key was really a nice and a durable one.
ReplyDeleteI thought I was so smart by putting all my passwsords on a zip drive....till I lost the drive...then I had to start all over again to get them!this sounds like a wonderful product idea.
ReplyDeleteMy husband the comp tech hates this, by I had so many passwords at my last job, I could not remember one to save my life. The IT guy told me to write them down, when he finally got tired of resetting them. I now write down all passwords.
ReplyDeleteI got locked out of my google account a while back and tried to retrieve my password by answering a series of questions that only in should know the answers to. Apparently I had answered them when I first set up the account. Funny thing is, they said I didn't answer enough of them correctly to be allowed access to my account! Go figure....I couldn't even get questions about myself right! So, I was forced to set up a new email and abandon the old one that I had had for years. Sometimes I wonder what kind of e-mails I may be missing on the old account.
ReplyDeleteI have the hardest time remembering my Army Knowledge Online password. They force me to change it constantly, you cant use any of your past ten passwords and it has to be crazy long.
ReplyDeleteskyperez@gmail.com
This seems like it will be a really useful product. Especially for when I visit sites I don't go to often and I have to rack my poor brain to remember usernames and passwords for them.
ReplyDeleteOh boy, this is this timely for me! I have so many passwords in my head, and now that I am getting "older," I am always forgetting passwords and having to reset them. So annoying!
ReplyDeleteJust tweeted your giveaway https://twitter.com/#!/IowaFarmhouse
ReplyDeleteThis year after watching the entire season of American Idol, I was away from home the night of the semi-final. I tried to use the directv app on my phone to set my dvr and couldn't remember my password. I never did get it set!
ReplyDeleteI have the worst time remembering passwords to little- used accounts! The worst is when my husband sets up an account and makes the security questions so hard even I can't figure them out!
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Tweeted: https://twitter.com/butterflyrouge/status/218427289808027649
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ReplyDeleteI dont usually forget passwords because i tend to use the same ones all the time but i know that’s not the safest way to do it
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I awlays for get my passwords!
ReplyDeleteI think I forget one on an almost daily basis. Between work and home there are just too many to remember.
ReplyDeleteMy beloved brother-in-law Ken was terminally ill with cancer. He believed that I was the geeky sister so he entrusted me with his password so I could access his last wishes on his computer. I of course forgot it in my grief and loss upon his passing. So as I sat at the computer frantic I suddenly had a very clear image of sitting with him bedside & he whispered it in my ear. I love the memory, but knew then that I needed a better solution.
ReplyDeleteLOL - one time? I forget my passwords on a daily basis. I keep a notebook hidden in my desk to jot them down, but half the time I forget to write them down in the first place, or I lose the notebook! Sometimes I get so frustrated at having to choose a new password I type in a few insults in the blank to make myself feel better before picking an actual password.
ReplyDeleteTweeted! https://twitter.com/holyscrap/status/218750583987904513
ReplyDeleteI forgot my online bank account password once. And I've lost and still did not recover one of my email accounts password
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https://twitter.com/frugalcalimom/status/218932048772087810
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I'm just happy that I'm not alone....in not remembering and have to reset my passwords every month. I think I have at least 50 different accounts that require passwords and some that I don't log-in often enough, I just have to re-set the passwords every single time. Quite frustrating when you are in a rush trying to get things done. This sounds like the perfect product for me.
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tweeted about this giveaway: https://twitter.com/uTry_it/status/218980205707014145
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I forgot my password when I was applying for loans for my college tuition. I had to wait 5 days before I received a new password and just got in on the deadline to apply. I felt really frustrated and helpless. I now write down all of my passwords.
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https://twitter.com/aes529/status/219137599179202561
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Oh goodness - I forget my passwords all the time! The worst ones are for my bank because it is so complicated!
ReplyDeleteI, being the smart person that I am, decided that I would not memorize a whole bunch of p/words- i would just use the same one everywhere- until my email got hacked 3 times in 1 week. I soon came to my senses! lol
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/rsmc1/status/219258819354701824
ReplyDeleteI was sick and access my work emaila nd forgot it. SO I had to reset it but then when I got back to work, I forgot it again. It is so frustrating!
ReplyDeleteI change my pswd like every two months and keep in my pocket note. Not to mention when I lost my purse, I can't even log into my daily email account! It was totally a tragedy to miss important appointments. Then I had to wait for a week after several processes to get a new account/pswd.
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https://twitter.com/tcarolinep/status/219642079817637890
ReplyDeleteI am constantly mixing up my passwords for work email and personal email. Have so many passwords to keep track of that I use an address book just for the internet.
ReplyDeleteI forget one of them at least once a day :/
ReplyDeleteI thought I was clever and had all my passwords on a spreadsheet which I password protected so nobody but me could acess it. Then I forgot the password to the spreadsheet! :-)
ReplyDeleteI have too many passwords and can't remember them all. The worst time was when I was trying to pay bills online and had to call the company and pay over the phone because I couldn't frind or remember my password.
ReplyDeleteCashel1916@yahoo.com
I try to be consistent with my passwords, but I hate it when websites require something "special". It's those special ones that I can never remember! Hate it too when I can't figure out my reminder questions!!!
ReplyDeleteWe moved a few years ago and had to change internet providers, which means a new email address, which means you can't sign in to sites with the old one to get a password reset. I had hundreds of passwords written on a wrinkled, faded sheet of my daughter's notebook paper, which she thought were old notes from a college class and she threw it out!
ReplyDeleteI had to start all over and what you don't know you don't miss. I have Norton Identity Safe now and won't have to worry anymore.
Susan
I have resorted to writing down my password....I KNOW NOT GOOD, but on a road trip and I failed to remember my password to check my act balance and ended up having the cards shut I learned my lesson the very very hard way.
ReplyDeleteI find it frustrating when websites have crazy rules for your passwords, like must be 10 letters/number, include 1 capital, 1 symbol, and 1 number....I can never remember that when I go back to the website when I try to get in and my usual password variations don't work. I hate it when they block you out after 3 trys too!!
ReplyDeleteI had uploaded some precious family photos to an internet site so I could order prints. Life happened and I forgot the password to the internet site. I was never able to recover the password, but thank goodness I have a hard copy of the photos, so all is not lost, but I will have to upload all the photos again. Very time consuming! Lesson learned! Would be a God send to have the Android Tablet with Norton Identity safe installed so I can store passwords for the future!
ReplyDeleteWhenever I go on vacation from work I return to stare blankly at my computer trying to guess what my last password was. Working at a bank, I have about 10 different passwords that have to be changed every 30 days with insane password parameters (must contain 2 capitals, numbers, can't be the same as the previous 10 passwords etc. )
ReplyDeleteI finally maintain a master list of my passwords but this certainly sounds easier. I have literally spent hours trying to figure out a password, attempted a few then got shut out of a system altogether. I knew there had to be a better way.
ReplyDeletei always forget my passwords
ReplyDeletekarinaroselee at gmail dot com
https://twitter.com/karinaroselee/status/221002491121250305
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My email was hacked so I went and changed all my passwords then of course, can't remember them, and had to reset them again.
ReplyDeleteThis would be a terrific mother's day present or birthday present for her...she is constantly forgetting and losing passwords for very important accounts and is in almost monthly contact with a utilities company because her password literally changes every month due to not writing it down etc...
ReplyDeleteI had double-trouble recently at work! I got married and changed my last name in 2010. My IT people did not change my user name on any of the apps I use daily, but HR did. (We use first initial last name configurations). We are required to change passwords every 60 or 90 days, depending on application. I typically use only 2 passwords, but change the last 2 digits to mark the month I had to change it.
ReplyDeleteNeedless to say, not only are my passwords out of sync - my username causes me heartburn as well! Some days, I sit for 5 minutes trying to figure out who I am and what month I changed the password. OUCH!
A story about forgetting my password? Happens all the time. again just yesterday. Following my son's advice I recently created a password that is much harder to crack.. and much harder to type in on smaller devices.. would be so nice to have Norton Identity Safe keep them for me.
ReplyDeleteAlthough most people forget passwords and we need something to help remember, I personally am reluctant to have any passwords be automatically filled in for me. I see that as a security risk since there is no 100% secure site/software in this world. They are only as good as their last attack/virus since cyber attackers are always a step ahead. If it's a site to just encrypt the pwds and store in one location, I may consider it but reluctantly still. I have worked in IT long enough to not trust any computer :)
ReplyDeleteGoogle is the worst place you can ever try to sign in at. Every time I try, I get a message that my password was changed 7 months ago. I never changed it. Then they want you to change it again. But they do not like any of my choices. So after 10 tries, they finally accepted the password. What happens the next time I tried to sign in? I get the same message---your password was changed 7 months ago. So I will not use Google. I can't even use it to leave this comment. I have to sign in as anonynous!!!!
ReplyDeleteTheresa
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I changed my passwords to make it easier on myself so they would be more consistent and then when I went to use them I totally forgot what I changed them to. Go figure!
ReplyDeleteI have forgotten my password for my bank account and been locked out! It's awful!
ReplyDeleteI have so many forgotten password stories that I don't know which to pick. The worst is forgetting my IRS password for efiling. I keep an address book by my computer and try to remember to write them down. What I hate is checking the book, no entry, so I register only to find out that I have done so before with no clue as to password. So I need this software. Thanks for the review! Would love to win something else to forget password for, I'm at cooper@swva.net
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to link up with my first Brag Monday tomorrow! Well, here's my story: Losing my passwords are my life story!
ReplyDeleteI can't remember my password to change the credit card I use for auto payment, I'd get much better rewards by using another credit card. I'm using norton now so this doesn't happen again. Thanks for the review and giveaway.
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I'm always forgetting my passwords because I have so many online accounts and each one seems to require a different combination of letters, numbers, caps, etc. I have to write them down to keep track and I know that defeats a lot of the purpose of having a password, so this would really help me out!
ReplyDeleteI have a little book that on the back page I write my passwords...heaven forbid I lose that book! haha
ReplyDeleteI did not know about this awesome free product. I will check it out. Thanks for the info and the chance to win this great prize!
ReplyDeleteI have forgotten my password several times when I don't use a site for some time , like on apps right now on my iphone I don't know my signon password
ReplyDeleteits usually also on amazon when i shop i forget my password
i would love to win this
Janice
I once forgot my online bank password and had to speak with customer service. I could hear her chuckling under her breath when she found it and passed it along to me. Glad I could make someone smile!
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding...I forget a password for some website or another just about every week. Lol! I'm constantly emailing for password reminders. It's just a big waste of time.
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ReplyDeleteI'm wondering if this program would work for the iPhone visual voicemail password? I have had to have my password reset every time I update because I can't remember the password since it is all numbers!
ReplyDeleteI am that person who could use some ginseng when it comes to passwords, I constantly forget them so this would come in handy for me! Thanks for a super giveaway!
ReplyDeleteMy email: anashct1 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Thanks for the chance to win!
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I hate passwords, but know they are necessary. I try to just use 3 or 4 and they are versions of the original. I've even had to set up a new account, because it just got hopeless.
ReplyDeleteTweet about the giveaway here:
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My password notebook is getting out of control so this would come in handy!
Love your blog!
The Norton free trial AND the sweepstakes sound great! I'll definitely be checking them out.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I absolutely LOVE the images you share with us! Thank you so very much and keep the great images coming!
This would have helped SO much on a recent trip overseas. I was trying to login to an account to move some money for our trip and could NOT remember the password! And, after three guesses it locked me out, of course. So, I had to use my cell to call the company and do it over the phone, which cost me beaucoup francs in cell phone charges.
ReplyDeleteBTW, thank you, Karen, for giving us all this beauty in our lives!
chrissie DOT stewart AT SYMBOL gmail DOT com
i forgot my credit card password last week and it took forever to get it reset! scg00387 at yahoo dot com
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ReplyDeleteI have my passwords in a pocket address book and when I lost it...I really lost it LOL. I ended up having to change my itunes password at least 3 times because they're so complex I would forget it. Now I have a copy in my purse in my wallet.
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Written passwords are a security breach waiting to happen, so I've never written my passwords on paper. However, trying to remember a bajillion passwords is rather hopeless too... especially the more complex, (and thus more secure) passwords, which I do try to use as much as possible.
ReplyDeleteA program such as this one is the best solution. I use a competing product that stores my passwords and protects them with a master password... in fact it has many of these same features... the main drawback being that I had to pay to get the full features of the program I use. Because of that payment, I'll probably not switch anytime soon, but the next time I'm asked to pay I'll be likely to look for a replacement.
There are times I've forgotten to enter a new password into my program and had to create a whole new account because of that forgetfulness... could not even remember which email address I used to create the original account, so the forgotten password link on the site was useless too.
Remembering passwords and usernames is almost impossible with all the sites I log into. I used to put them all in my phone, which worked until I lost my phone! I need another way to keep track of all of them.
ReplyDeleteI keep a list of all my passwords on an excel sheet in my computer...when my laptop died, so did all the passwords.
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/1MissDIY/status/224920952167862273
ReplyDeleteWhen I first started emailing, I had a gmail account but forgot the password, and even Google couldn't access it so I had to abandon it. VERY frustrating!
ReplyDeleteI have so many passwords this would be awesome!
ReplyDeleteI always have problems with remembering my passwords when I come back to work after vacations! And I know you're not supposed to write them down, but I do! This sounds like a nice feature to have.
ReplyDeleteCarla from Utah
When I forget a password, I just ask my kids (18 and 22) and they are quick to list the possibilities! What will I do when they are off to college again in the fall?
ReplyDeleteThe android is an awesome give a way. Thanks so much for setting it up!
When *don't* I forget my passwords? And right now they are all on a sticky note by my computer. I don't think that is safe at all! The Norton program sounds perfect!
ReplyDeleteThere is never a time that I don't appreciate that my computer stores and remembers my passwords for me. Especially when it comes to logging into my work site from home. The site is set to not allow computers to store passwords, and the passwords are assigned by the company, so they are totally random. I can never remember them! I finally had to start a written list. You're not supposed to do that, I know! But otherwise, I'd never get my work done!
ReplyDeleteI forget my passwords all the time. ALL THE TIME. I have this horrible thing called fibromyalgia. (& more then that) but I have to take medal for it and they leave me in this fog most days where I cant even remember how old I am. (Which isn't bad. Lol) but when I have visited a certain website in awhile I forget the User and pw info. Then I write them down and loose that too or my 4 yr old takes it. Lol. So there's my story of password loosing. Lol. Thanks for the wonderful chance to win. Goodluck everyone!
ReplyDeleteOne of my tricks for creating relatively secure passwords that I can remember is to take a familiar address and create some variable of it. The problem is that I've done that with too many addresses. So when I can't remember, I'm stuck going through every variable I can think of for any address I *may* have used, usually locking myself out of the site before I finally hit the correct combination. It's like a game of Mastermind to see if I can guess the password before my chances run out.
ReplyDeleteI use a slight variation of the same password for all of my passwords. Trouble is I cannot remember which variation I have used where. I understand that passwords are very important but they drive me crazy. At work I had to change my password every 4 weeks so as soon as I got used to one, I had to change it again. Password Madness! LOL
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I are on the road for concerts - I won't say a LOT, but we are music lovers. So, when we get to a city we don't know very well (say Atlanta or Charlotte) we will usually try to find places to eat that are well known or well reviewed. We did just that in Charlotte recently and then I went back to my cell phone to get the directions I had emailed to myself before the show only to be stumped trying to get into my email. I had been hacked not too long ago and changed ALL of my passwords in an effort to defeat the hackers. Of course, I couldn't remember any thing I had chosen as a new password. I was completely and utterly stumped. On top of that, my cell phone would NOT let me load the Maps function so that we could do a turn by turn directions as I only had one bar in the part of town we were in. It was frustrating and scary because we were not in a good part of town.
ReplyDeleteAfter 20 minutes of driving around we finally managed to find the arena and a parking spot but I had to change passwords again as soon as I got home. Hopefully I won't forget them now. *crosses fingers*
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Thanks!!
Lol, I am currently locked out of my fav videos on You Tube, I have forgotten my password AND the ID I used so long ago to get in...sigh, I keep trying to remember, and of COURSE I didnt write it down...sheesh!
ReplyDeleteI had a great Gmail account and one day I just couldn't remember my password! It never did come to me. This was just after Gmail got started and I lost my account, it was not recoverable. I have been using Norton's Internet Security for years now and it comes with Identity Safe. I would never be able to remember all the passwords without it!
ReplyDeleteI forget passwords all the time. I cant remember the what the last one I forgot was. LOL. No wonder I can remember the password. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteWell just turned 50 - need I say more! I am always forgetting U/N and P/W so I now have this notebook with them written inside. I will say gmail is about the worst. I have had to change my gmail email account about 14 times. ALWAYS forget....now I cannot even read my own notes on Gmail email addresses and passwords! Grr. Anyway, you have such an awesome blog and thank you for this wonderful giveaway!!! You are one FABULOUS FAIRY!!
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ReplyDeleteAwesome giveaway from The Graphics Fairy for Samsung Android Tablet: see http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/2012/06/vintage-lock-key-norton-review-android.html …? - Really wonderful blog!
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ReplyDeleteI can tell you that I don't remember all my passwords anymore. I had to go to my Credit Union one time to see what my user name and password were!
This seems to be a great application for safeguarding passwords and other information while saving time. Thanks for the heads up. I tend to use variations of four different passwords and especially when I'm using my mobile device, I can never remember which one I've used. I also like the fact that I can download an adjunct app for my mobile device. Whoopee! Thank you for the give-away opportunity. Love your graphics, Graphics Fairy.
ReplyDeleteI tried to reorder my prescription Rxs this afternoon but couldn't figure out the password. I got locked out after 3 attempts.
ReplyDeleteky2here at msn dot com
https://twitter.com/ky2here1/status/227203658666881024
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The one time I forgot my password was to Facebook - I was mad at my then boyfriend at the time and decided I didn't want him to have access to my Facebook account so I found a site online that would generate a random password - I could have sworn I had wrote it down someplace but I guess I didn't. Several months later, I realized how stupid it was for me to deny myself access to my own account, I had to go through several emails with Facebook as I couldn't remember the security answer I gave! I finally did but I never want to go through that again!
ReplyDeleteLaura
ljmcd7 @ gmail.com
My kids schools have a site for parents where you go online and get notices, grading and report cards. Recently, I lost our password and needed to get the school to help me reset the password.
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I often forget my passwords as I've often heard it's bad to have the same password for everything, so this sounds like it would work wonder's and I can feel secure about keeping up with passwords.
ReplyDeleteI have forgot my password so many times to different websites...I can't even count how many. Then when you try to re register they already have you in the system so you can not register again but I forgot my info so I can't get on the website at all! arielgrace91@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI often forget passwords and Have reset them again and again.
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https://twitter.com/sohamolina/status/227266803200573440
ReplyDeleteHaha, I have many variations of the same password. Where this gets difficult is if I have to change that password, then I have to remember who has which variation and change everything. My boyfriend, though, has a different password for everything and he can never remember his passwords for ANYTHING! We could sure use something like this around here.....
ReplyDeletejust tweeted it from https://twitter.com/ASBroderie/status/227278488535699457
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