Password Mania

by Tickled Red on July 18, 2012 · 99 comments

Password Mania

by Tickled Red on July 2, 2012

How often do you forget things? You know keys, wallet, your best friend’s birthday, {cough} kids at swim practice. No? Can you remember the bazillion passwords that you have now for all of the miscellaneous fun you are having online? Oh my goodness I have post it notes for my post it notes, especially for my passwords. I can’t tell you guys how many times I have had to click that little blue button FORGOT PASSWORD. Especially for Google, they probably have my avatar blown up to poster size, big red bull’s eye circles drawn around her and darts sticking out of her head I have asked for help so often.

What if I told you guys that Norton has come up with a nifty and safe solution. It is called Norton Identity Safe and seeing as how I could not remember my Norton password either today, I am thrilled that they have come up with this idea. Between the many social media sites, online stores and banking that we do I can’t ever seem to keep up all of the different passwords that we have floating around.

The beauty of my “safe” is that I can now store all of my important information safely in one spot, categorize them and make notations if need be. Usernames, passwords, account numbers, addresses, credit card numbers and frequent flyer numbers you name it. It allows you to be smart, save time and remember everything…brilliant!

Here are some other cool features that Norton Identity Safe offers.

Share with your friends straight from Identity Safe located on your tool bar.
The safe will let you know whether a site is bad, before it loads.
Search without fear and avoid bad sites.
If you decide to change browsers, your user names and passwords will always be available.
Stay mobile with free apps for your iOS and Android mobile devices, easily and securely accessing your favorite Web sites no matter where you are.

If that is not enough the program will even help generate safe passwords for your many sites. Other than the categories and safety aspects, this would be my one of my favorite features. If I had created better passwords my email account would not have been hacked multiple times back in the day. My friends still tease me about the ummm…risqué email that lovely hacker decided to send everyone listed in my Rolodex, and I mean everyone! Guess they could not resist being creative with an email address of tickledred.

Check out their video for more details.

If you are living in password mania like me and want, help Norton Identity Safe is offering a free trial for now! Click here to download Norton Identity Safe and give it a try.

Have any of you forgotten or lost your password? Tell me all about it and you could possibly win an Android Tablet! Your comment will automatically be entered into a sweepstakes to win one of five Android Tablets with Norton Mobile Security and Identity Safe installed on the device…sweet!

I’m off to play some more with my safe.

Hugs & Kisses,

Shari-Tickled Red

Visit BlogHer.com to find other reviews of Norton Identity Safe.

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Tagged as: Identity Safe, Norton, Password, Safe Search, sponsored post

{ 99 comments… read them below or add one }

Amy Tong July 20, 2012 at 9:21 pm

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.

amy [at] utry [dot] it

Amy Tong July 20, 2012 at 9:22 pm

tweeted about this giveaway: https://twitter.com/uTry_it/status/226487178329473024

amy [at] utry [dot] it

ky2here July 22, 2012 at 8:13 pm

I didn’t have my mastercard password when we were in the middle of the meditteranean and it was very unpleasant.

ky2here at msn dot com

ky2here July 22, 2012 at 8:14 pm

https://twitter.com/ky2here1/status/227194562400112641

ky2here at msn dot com

Margaret Smith July 22, 2012 at 9:09 pm

Just recently, I lost our password for our kids schools site. This site lists messages, report cards and notices. What a pain to get it reset.

Margaret Smith July 22, 2012 at 9:10 pm

I tweeted: https://twitter.com/abetterlifeblog/status/227208754620416001
Thanks

Chrissy Nestor July 22, 2012 at 10:32 pm

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.

Michelle S July 22, 2012 at 10:41 pm

At work, our password has to change every couple months. I changed my password on a Friday and by Monday I forgot it and had to spend 30 minutes on the phone with IT to get it reset. Plus I had to admit I had forgotten it from only 3 days before!

Shannon Baas July 22, 2012 at 10:56 pm

I hate when my password changes at work.

Ariel Grace July 22, 2012 at 11:53 pm

I would love to win this giveaway!!

Debbie B July 23, 2012 at 12:15 am

i am always forgetting my password! It’s really a pain when you forget your password when your trying to pay a bill.

Debbie B July 23, 2012 at 12:16 am

tweeted here:

https://twitter.com/bellows22/status/227255711686590465

michael July 23, 2012 at 1:28 am

I’ve had some trouble in the past trying to remember passwords to websites that I had signed up to unless I had wrote them down or made it something easy to remember if I visited them on a regular basis.

Adrienne gordon July 23, 2012 at 7:02 am

I use roboform.

Tari Lawson July 23, 2012 at 7:35 am

I was traveling once and I tried to access my email via my cell phone. For some reason my password wasn’t working and I was forced to create a new one. It was such a pain.

Cynthia C July 23, 2012 at 7:39 am

It’s annoying to forget a password, but I’ve been known to do it.

Cynthia C July 23, 2012 at 7:40 am

https://twitter.com/clc408/status/227367510587092992

Stephanie July 23, 2012 at 7:48 am

i change my passwords every month

Stephanie July 23, 2012 at 7:49 am

tweet: https://twitter.com/akronugurl/status/227369488650211328 .

Stephen Saunders July 23, 2012 at 1:05 pm

Forgetting passwords can be really annoying. I presently use Roboform and try to periodically back up my passes, but this setup from Norton seems to be pretty useful also. Great giveaway.

Liz H July 23, 2012 at 1:17 pm

I need the help with passwords

Claire July 23, 2012 at 7:14 pm

I always forget them and sometimes get locked out of websites for a few hours because I try entering every password I’ve ever used!

Mary OBrien July 23, 2012 at 8:30 pm

It seems that every site has different rules about what is a valid password, so I’ve had multiple problems trying to order things when the password I thought I remembered didn’t work.

Jacob LaFountaine July 23, 2012 at 8:32 pm

I forget online passwords all the time

Crystal F July 23, 2012 at 10:10 pm

I’ve forgotten mine for my banking website and had to call and go through a ton of stuff to get it changed. It was such a hassle. Thank you!!

tracy davis July 23, 2012 at 10:54 pm

I forget my passwords at work weekly.

Gina M July 24, 2012 at 9:16 am

tweet-https://twitter.com/CrazyItalian0/status/227753991004618753
gina.m.maddox (at) gmail (dot) com

Gina M July 24, 2012 at 9:16 am

Once I forgot the password to my online billpay service and my bank locked up my account. I had to call in order to get everything reset…such a pain!

Thanks for the chance to win!
gina.m.maddox (at) gmail (dot) com

catherine copeland July 24, 2012 at 1:11 pm

Have any of you forgotten or lost your password?

Ever hear about the recent password audit at a local business, it was found that a employee was using the following password:
MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofySacramento
When asked why such a long password, she said she was told that it had to be at least 8 characters long and include at least one capital.

I was just tired of losing my passwords and obviously you shouldn’t write them on a sticky and put it on the computer which is what I did.. Hello breached facebook account

Candy Merry July 24, 2012 at 1:15 pm

I have 5 different passwords and still foget them!! My memory is not as good as i thought i been locked out of a few accounts!

catherine copeland July 24, 2012 at 1:17 pm

https://twitter.com/thriftymaven/status/227814641328353280

STEVE STONE July 24, 2012 at 11:50 pm

my wife forgets all the time this would help her out.

Tabathia B July 25, 2012 at 1:22 am

I had to take my computer in for repairs and the technician needed the password to log in as administrator, well I couldn’t remember and had to use my password reminder so I could log in and make sure info was correct before he could work on it
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com

Tabathia B July 25, 2012 at 1:23 am

tweet
https://twitter.com/ChelleB36/status/227996592412708864
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com

Tarah July 25, 2012 at 10:43 am

I forgot a password to log into my work’s system. And the boss was out of the office so I had to wait until he could reprogram it for me!

Tarah July 25, 2012 at 10:44 am

Tweeted

https://twitter.com/TarahM716/status/228138530814193664

Valerie Taylor Mabrey July 26, 2012 at 1:24 pm

I forgot my bank account password and my ebay account. I never can remember my paypal one either. I always go simple but then doubt that I did,
vmkids3 at msn dot com

Amy @ A Little Nosh July 27, 2012 at 2:44 pm

This isn’t my story, but I was just talking to my mom about it last night. My grandfather passed away a month ago, and since then my grandmother has locked herself out of her online bank account no less than 10 times (he used to pay the bills and now she has to do it). Each time she locks herself out, she has to call the bank helpline to unlock her, and it takes them an hour to walk her through resetting it. It’s crazy.

alittlenosh AT gmail.com

catherine copeland July 27, 2012 at 4:05 pm

I was just tired of losing my passwords and obviously you shouldn’t write them on a sticky and put it on the computer which is what I did.. Hello breached facebook account

catherine copeland July 27, 2012 at 4:06 pm

here is my tweet https://twitter.com/thriftymaven/status/228944457016414209

BM July 27, 2012 at 7:33 pm

I write my passwords down because I always forget them.

elizabeth p July 27, 2012 at 7:36 pm

I was really good at remembering my passwords and then I had a car accident and now I forget more than I remember.

Annette D July 27, 2012 at 8:02 pm

I have forgotten my passwords on many different sites. I try to use the same password but many site require a Upper case or number or something else! I once was trying to log into my husband’s work site to check his schedule and he must have changed the password because I got him locked out…yikes!

Annette D July 27, 2012 at 8:03 pm

tweet https://twitter.com/annedoggett/status/229004077445545985

Ellie W July 28, 2012 at 12:50 am

I am terrible with passwords. I use different passwords at important account sites for security. Once my computer died and I had to get a new one. My passwords were saved on the old computer and I had a heck of a time remembering/retrieving all my account passwords to log on with the new computer.
Thanks for the giveaway!
eswright18 at gmail dot com

Ellie W July 28, 2012 at 12:51 am

tweet
https://twitter.com/eswright18/status/229076341272756224

Kyl Neusch July 28, 2012 at 1:55 am

i never forget my passwords

MichelleS July 28, 2012 at 2:26 am

I rarely forget my password, but I do often forget the security question answers because I do not want them to be “easy”. The biggest mistake people make is making their password security questions answers similar to stuff they post online social networking sites.

Kelly July 28, 2012 at 10:44 am

Would love to win the give away! Best wishes to all!!

Nadine L July 28, 2012 at 2:17 pm

I always used Roboform (a pasword/form filler) so when I lost my computer and got a new one a few years back. When I went to enter all my usual sites, I found that there were a couple that I had not saved the passwords for and on top of that, they were older sites I had visited for years and used a totally different email address for as well, I was never able to get back into one of those sites. Even with reregistering I could not get in because all the rest of my info was the same so it insisted I was already registered.

Nadine L July 28, 2012 at 2:19 pm

I tweeted https://twitter.com/eyzofblu63/status/229279841281777664

tamar July 28, 2012 at 10:32 pm

Honestly, I have forgotten a specific instance, but I’m so thankful for “Forgot password?” because without that, I’d be in trouble ;)

Diane Baum July 29, 2012 at 9:23 pm

I can’t tell you the number of times, I’ve forgotten my passwords. Duh, of course I don’t write them down…

angie lilly July 30, 2012 at 9:39 am

There was a time where I made every password for everything online the same…same username and same password just so I wouldn’t forget them! That is so unsafe that I had to stop. So now, I have a cheat sheet for all my passwords and usernames and it is SOOO freaking long its crazy! LOL But it keeps me from forgetting because I don’t have to remember! LOL

angie lilly July 30, 2012 at 9:40 am

I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/MsTofuFairy/status/229932019084296193

Debbie C July 30, 2012 at 12:12 pm

I lost my password to an online payment website. I had to call for a new one and wait days.

Debbie C July 30, 2012 at 12:13 pm

chrisdeglen tweeted:
twitter.com/chrisdeglen/status/229972812331360258

maria cantu July 30, 2012 at 3:29 pm

It is really hard for me to use passwords because I’m always forgetting them.

Krys R July 30, 2012 at 7:24 pm

LOL I’m with you. I’m the one clicking ‘Forgot Password’ just about everywhere.

Krys R July 30, 2012 at 7:27 pm

Tweet https://twitter.com/LuckyKrys/status/230082043130806272

amber July 30, 2012 at 8:01 pm

i always forget

Sarah L July 30, 2012 at 8:18 pm

I’ve been lucky since a friend told me about Roboform about 10 years ago. It’s been keeping my login and passwords safe and handy for that long. It also generates passwords for new sites.
Thanks for the contest.

Sarah L July 30, 2012 at 8:19 pm

blogged:
http://slehan.blogspot.com/2012/07/win-samsung-galaxy-tab-2-from-norton.html

Ericka July 30, 2012 at 11:49 pm

I forget my password to my bank accounts all the time, I have to call tomorrow to get it reset again. I’m sure they know me as “for get full Ericka” by now LOL
ericka082 at gmail dot com

Ericka July 30, 2012 at 11:52 pm: I’m very tired forgive me lol, that should be “Forgetful Ericka” ;p

Reply

Ericka July 30, 2012 at 11:51 pm

Tweet
https://twitter.com/Ericka082/status/230148401935810560
ericka082 at gmail dot com

Jammie July 31, 2012 at 12:21 am

I am not the best with psswords, locked myself out of my blog for a few hours once. sweepmorey at gmail dot com

Jammie July 31, 2012 at 12:21 am

tweeted https://twitter.com/mommysdizzy/status/230156131031465986

Betty C July 31, 2012 at 2:55 am

I’ve been locked out at work, out of my bank account and even out of my email once. They seemed to think I was a hacker because I kept forgetting my password.

Betty C July 31, 2012 at 3:28 am

Tweet – https://twitter.com/willitara/status/230203252724072449

Sarah July 31, 2012 at 9:16 am

My e-mail got hacked using an open wifi connection at the beach last year so I changed my password to something so complicated that I can’t remember it when I travel and want to check e-mail on other’s computers.

Sarah July 31, 2012 at 9:18 am

https://twitter.com/sarohioan/status/230291201318866944

Jill L July 31, 2012 at 10:17 am

The pattern goes, I create an account, use the password and the very next day, I have forgotten the password.

Jill L July 31, 2012 at 10:18 am

Tweeted http://twitter.com/chipdip2010/status/230306055521972224

kathy pease July 31, 2012 at 10:43 am

I am always forgetting my passwords and its very frustrating..I once had a big problem logging into my google account not sure if i was hacked or what but had to go through the whole nightmare of resetting it

kathy pease July 31, 2012 at 10:45 am

https://twitter.com/klp1965/status/230312386421202945

The Nice Lady July 31, 2012 at 1:09 pm

I loose passwords all the time. I’ve tried convincing Eustice to let me write them on him but he refuses.

Pauline M July 31, 2012 at 1:36 pm

I’ve had my email hacked in the past and as a result, started sending my friends links to canadian pharmacies. It’s not fun to get a call from your boss to change your password!

Valeen July 31, 2012 at 3:21 pm

I use several different passwords and one time used the wrong one. It locked me out and I had to contact customer support and get back on. Drove me crazy!

Erica C. July 31, 2012 at 3:22 pm

I forgot my password on my laptop for 2 weeks…I finally figured it out but it drove me nuts!

Mari July 31, 2012 at 3:25 pm

I forgot my password when I was on vacation. Luckily my dh was at home and he retrieved it for me!
runningmatey at hotmail dot com

Mari July 31, 2012 at 3:26 pm

https://twitter.com/LuckyDuckyToo/status/230383484361928704
runningmatey at hotmail dot com

Kenny F July 31, 2012 at 7:23 pm

not yet thankfully

susan smoaks July 31, 2012 at 7:39 pm

i forget my passwords all the time, most recently at work i had to call and have it reset to logon on to the bank for work to deposit the checks, it was embarrassing
susansmoaks at gmail dot com

Stephanie A July 31, 2012 at 7:46 pm

I’ve forgotten my password and gotten locked out of my accounts before because I have several different passwords for security!

Stephanie A July 31, 2012 at 7:48 pm

tweet!
https://twitter.com/gnwg/status/230449835508105217

Richard Hicks July 31, 2012 at 8:27 pm

always forget my bank password because it is so complicated. Got locked out after guessing too many times!

brich22 at earthlink dot net

Richard Hicks July 31, 2012 at 8:27 pm

http://twitter.com/brich2222/status/230459632097841152

brich22 at earthlink dot net

JAMES LYNAM July 31, 2012 at 9:01 pm

I SHARE MY PASWORD WITH MY SISTER. WHEN I
FORGET IT I CALL HER.

Diana Camden July 31, 2012 at 9:31 pm

I forgot my password to access some tax information in April. You only do those once a year so I tend to forget it all the time. So annoying.

Diana C

Diana Camden July 31, 2012 at 9:34 pm

I tweeted:

https://twitter.com/DianaTwitr/status/230476104450846722

Diana C

nicole July 31, 2012 at 9:39 pm

Unless my password is stored…it’s forgotten.

Kerry July 31, 2012 at 10:29 pm

At work I have 6 different passwords and I forget at least one of them daily! Wish they would let us just have one password for everything!

Crystal Renee July 31, 2012 at 11:21 pm

I have lost my passwords numerous times. I need to find a better way to stay organized with them!
sellcrystal2[at]gmail[dot]com

Heather S July 31, 2012 at 11:21 pm

I try to make hard passwords but always forget them so have to click on the forgot password button. Then I tried to put them down in code to prompt my memory but that doesn’t work.

kirsten July 31, 2012 at 11:29 pm