The New York Times’ gadget blog has some tips on how to protect your privacy online and securely manage your many passwords.

1. Low-tech: Write it down. It’s actually not all that bad a strategy at home, if there aren’t too many people poking around there and you tuck it away somewhere nondescript. But this is a bad M.O. at the office, where any number of people could see your helpful list. Some people keep their passwords on a card in their wallet, which might work well, at least, until the day your wallet is lost or stolen.

2. Medium-tech: If memory fails, use site features for resetting your password. You can do this endlessly and it’s free, and it has the side benefit of causing you to change your passwords often, which is highly recommended by security folk.

3. High-tech: Use one of the many digital tools available for storing and using encrypted login information. This will allow you to use mind-bending passwords on every site, while only having to remember one master password (or use a fingerprint or other biometric).

The article also lists some options for software to buy.

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