A challenge of our digital age is dealing with the hassle of passwords. I thought it might be useful to mention our solution to this problem.

Have you looked into password management software? There are a bunch of competing apps out there, but they all have in common the concept of one master password to open the app, which gives you a secure database for all your passwords and other sensitive info.

Libbi and I have both used these for quite a few years, and I couldn't imagine life online without it. I run various websites and have a number of email accounts and so on, and with this kind of an app I can have different, very randomized, secure passwords for everything. Such apps include a secure password generator function. I keep all my credit card and banking info, software serial numbers, and all that kind of stuff in there. I'm using Splash ID now, because it has versions for bot Mac and PC and various smartphones and PDAs. With it I can keep the database synced between my PC desktop, my Mac laptop, and my Android phone, so I have that same info everywhere.

You only have to remember one password, and yet you're using different, strong passwords for everything. Street smarts for digital life.