Password expiry ???

[ss-kalm]

Mine said 813 days, but I remember deliberately resetting it at that time. It wasn't a site request.

[Acorn]

Shame on all of you!

Don't start telling me you use the same Password everywhere else too.
That is why some long-term users accounts were having to be blocked as they had been hacked.

here is a freebie that will fit onto any device or stick.
Unzip strongpw.zip. It is 20kB.
Store on your PC, Tablet, Smartphone or Stick

It is a single HTM file holding innocuous site URLs in a List.
You can append to the list (copy a line and paste after the last one; change Seed, URL & Display).
The URL need not be the login page but that can be handy. You still need to remember your Login/UserName for each. If worried, make that the Seed with a few extra characters.
Remember to save your copy of this file after making changes.

In use, I have an easy to remember Master password, to which I then add a suitable date, yyyymmdd.
This would allow me to alter password daily. As if! It does allow you to change frequently and not all at once.
I might have several such PW generator files and bucket sites that need changing every 3, 6 or 12 months or whatever frequency keeps you safe.
You can keep the date on a scrap or paper, diary or file. You keep your Master password in you head.
This is a form of two factor authentication: something you know & something you have.

Got to create a UN/PW on the fly?
Open https://ss64.com/pass/ and instead of your normal Master password, type in the site name.
In the Custom box, add your default username or one you know you can remember for a day or two, with the date appended yyyymmdd and Generate.
Complete your login.
As you usually have to provide your email, you will have a record of the Site and Date, enough to reconstruct your ad-hoc Password.
Remember to change it by using the Forgot my Password provision.

I use a Password Manager but have this as a fall-back.

Acorn

[Acorn]

Mine said 813 days, but I remember deliberately resetting it at that time. It wasn't a site request.

Keith, perhaps check you email is still valid: https://www.talkgraphics.com/profile...o=editpassword

Acorn

[Daniel]

Not sure how, but I beat that by a single day!

[The Alien]

Not sure how, but I beat that by a single day!

Nice!

[ss-kalm]

Keith, perhaps check you email is still valid: https://www.talkgraphics.com/profile...o=editpassword

Acorn

Thanks Acorn. Yes, the email address is still valid.

[Acorn]

Thanks Acorn. Yes, the email address is still valid.

Ah well, life is full of mysteries.

Acorn