When privacy is a concern, you should try to use different handles for different sites. You could use a password manager to manage your usernames and passwords, easing your burden to memorize anything but your master password.
It will depend on the length and the number of passwords involved. On the scale of 50 to a few hundred passwords, it becomes very difficult to memorize, unless they are well formatted and related in some ways. And having related passwords defeats the purpose of isolation.
If you don't have that many passwords, you can probably get away with muscle memory.
If the related passwords differ somewhat, that should suffice. Also, one can use the related ones on sites that are not a severe problem if they are hacked.
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Le_Squish ago
It's good to use different handles in different communities. Makes it really hard to paint a picture of all your activities.
MadWorld ago
When privacy is a concern, you should try to use different handles for different sites. You could use a password manager to manage your usernames and passwords, easing your burden to memorize anything but your master password.
Le_Squish ago
I don't trust password managers. But I find after typing in a password 30times it sticks at least in muscle memory.
MadWorld ago
It will depend on the length and the number of passwords involved. On the scale of 50 to a few hundred passwords, it becomes very difficult to memorize, unless they are well formatted and related in some ways. And having related passwords defeats the purpose of isolation.
If you don't have that many passwords, you can probably get away with muscle memory.
NeoGoat ago
If the related passwords differ somewhat, that should suffice. Also, one can use the related ones on sites that are not a severe problem if they are hacked.
MadWorld ago
True, not all account passwords are equally important.