Reuse old password on Facebook?

[Muz1234]

Is there a way to reuse old password on Facebook, or do I have to create a new account all over again in order to use the old password?

 

[Grandpa Frank]

Before you click on "LOGIN" there is a place to click on "Forgot your Password". You may have to jump through a few hoops , but I would try that way to do it.

 

[thomas]

Take an old-fashioned sheet of paper, write down your passwords and stick it to your wall. Create a unique password for each website. Change/rotate them frequently. Why would you want to reuse an old password?

 

[mdchachi]

Why would you want to reuse an old password?

Because the human mind can't reliably remember a dozen passwords.

Prohibiting Password Reuse Can Send Up to 50% of Customers Away

Just last week epson.com really pissed me off. I bought a new printer so I made an account for it and their password rules require a punctuation mark yet they don't allow an exclamation point, my go-to symbol! So I had to set it to a password that I'll never remember.

 

[thomas]

Because the human mind can't reliably remember a dozen passwords.

Prohibiting Password Reuse Can Send Up to 50% of Customers Away

Just last week epson.com really pissed me off. I bought a new printer so I made an account for it and their password rules require a punctuation mark yet they don't allow an exclamation point, my go-to symbol! So I had to set it to a password that I'll never remember.

Hence my suggestion to write it down on a sheet of paper...

 

[mdchachi]

Hence my suggestion to write it down on a sheet of paper...

That might have worked in the old days but we are a mobile society now. If I were to do something like that, I'd write them on an icloud-backed-up note that I could access on my phone or any PC.

 

[Grandpa Frank]

I have a notebook with about 4 passwords on each page. It now has 16 pages going back about 10 years. I tend to join a lot of things to fight boredom. My wife has about 5 pages in her notebook. Knock on wood , so far nither of us has ever been hacked (that we know of). Since the only person who ever comes into our house is the furnace man once a year , we don't worry much about anyone seeing our notebooks.

 

[thomas]

That might have worked in the old days but we are a mobile society now. If I were to do something like that, I'd write them on an icloud-backed-up note that I could access on my phone or any PC.

That's what I have been doing since iPhone 3 (though the cloud service started later, with version 4 or 5). I have always wondered how safe iCloud actually is. I'd never use it to store bank details or other really sensitive information.

 

[mdchachi]

That's what I have been doing since iPhone 3 (though the cloud service started later, with version 4 or 5). I have always wondered how safe iCloud actually is. I'd never use it to store bank details or other really sensitive information.

When I do something like that, I always obfuscate it. Even when I'm writing on paper. For example, I sometimes use Japanese words. So in the file, rather than putting something like sakura2, I'd write 桜二.