I'm Back! PW Backup Reminder

Greetings to all! Boy, have I missed you all. I lost access to my account for about a month, for the second time in my nearly two year long Steemit history. As some of you know the first time occurred in March 2018 when I was the unfortunate victim of a vicious hack. This time it was my own lack of organization and attention to detail. That's why I wanted to remind you all of password backup methods.

Always have more that one backup method!!

I just simply can't emphasize that enough. Don't just have it "backed up" on a file in your computer or phone! Thumb drives are a nice option, but what if you lose that thumb drive? Always also keep it backed up on good, old fashioned paper. I do have a steemit password notebook but, originally I was attempting login with pre-hack passwords that were in an older notebook. Then I realized I had the post hack passwords in another notebook and was able to finally meander my way back in!

Remember the rules of steemit and in my opinion the crypto world in general...

1. Don't lose your password!
2. Have double backups for your pw's, in other words not one but two secure backups. That way if you lose one backup source you have a safety net! So important!
3. If you can remember your password(s) to steemit, then they aren't secure enough!
4. If you don't have them backed up you are screwed because you can't reset without an old password provision.

Basically what happened to me was I lost one of my text files because it was ON MY PHONE of which I lost. Then I panicked, because I couldn't find where I had the backups. Chances are if you're smart and lucky (mostly smart), you won't need to use your backup source, however you simply can not be too safe with your Steemit keys (or pw's) .... I'm using those words interchangeably here.

As usual, I love hearing from my readers. Have you ever lost your passwords or Steemit keys? If so what did you do? How do you personally backup, or protect your passwords? As we enter a state of which all things are easier for hackers to access, bearing these simple things in mind is beneficial to the max!

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