What and where is my ID and Password?

Maintaining strong online identifications and passwords is the first line of defense in preventing ID theft and potentially a nightmare to clean your credit, get new credit cards, etc.
"Strong" means that your ID and password cannot be easily guessed and compromised.
As an example: a "weak" ID or PW would be something like: peter5510, which is my first name plus my street address.
A "strong" password contains letters, numbers, caps, symbols, such as: JpetRUSf7f34.
You should have different ID's and passwords for each of your important sites.
Remembering of these complicated strings is another story.
You can of course write them down or store them in a spreadsheet and keep them in a safe place or use encryption software that you can access with one good password.
These software are easily available on the internet and either free or relatively inexpensive. For example, you might download and try KeyPass 2.06 or Airy Secrets.
Both are excellent password handlers and use sophisticated algorithm to code your data.

Another option is to purchase a security device, such as ID Vault. They are relatively easy to install and not too expensive either. They do charge a monthly or annual fee and your data will be stored on their server.
Personally, I prefer to handle my own ID's and PW's.
Either way you go make sure that you maintain and change your ID and PW often.

Questions? Call or email peter@ligeti.com, 408-528-8422