Brunner, Brian T. wrote: <snip> > My solution is to use complex passwords, and write them down wrong, > making my write-down a password hint, but not a password. > My task is to remember what is my transform from hint to fact: (examples > follow, choose your own) <snip> Yeah, I use hints, too... but do *not* translate them at all. A hint is just that, a hint. I might put a couple of letters and/or numbers in, to remind myself of what the password is, but then block out the rest, such as BuXXXX-019999 mark, pulling brown paper bag over head before admitting to having written a lot of COBOL back in the day....