Hide passwords in an old floppy disk

These days, everything on the internet needs an account. Most people, like me, tend to forget all their user names and passwords, then when you are asked to log in, you have to have your password sent to you. Lots of people write down their passwords on note cards and leave them lying around, easy for anybody to pick up and use to their advantage. Here's a way you can hide your passwords so that you can find them yourself, but it would be tough for a burglar or a sneaky guest to figure out where you put them.

Step 1: Materials

The only materials you will need are:

Old Floppy disk
Paper
Glue, preferably stick and bottle
Scissors
Knife

Comments

[tanello2]

one extra info for this password holder,to make sure that someone will not just look at it and see that there is password inside,so i have made one spot,the part where the original film is there,so if soneone will slide the top they can see that its a normal floppy and my passwords are still safe.

[jockkitto16]

this is a very clever project, but wouldn't it be easier just put your passwords on it in a .txt file?

[Wehrdo]

Sure, it'd be easier, but it's just a fun way to reuse old floppy disks. I mean, who really has a computer capable of reading them, anyway? Besides, it leaves behind no digital trace.

[spencermon]

I am going to do this! great idea. i was just wondering what to do with a floppy disk.

also this is funny http://xkcd.com/936/

[Wehrdo]

I'm glad somebody else is making one. I still refer to mine when I forget my password(s).

BTW, I love xkcd!

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[Wehrdo]

That's a good idea, but most people don't have a little thing that prints out stickers.

[fromdad]

thats why you print it on paper and glue it on. Did you read the instructions. But nice work. I love the idea

[Johnnyp161]

 haha you're funny..
you just told the author to read the instructions :D

lol

[account3r2]

lol that is funny now that i see it

[timothymh]

 Or, get a mini CD-R (the kind you can rewrite) and put your passwords in a file on that and use the floppy disk as a holder for it... or not. *realizes he forgot to put the whole message in italics*

[Wehrdo]

The biggest problem with that is easily removing and replacing the disk when it's needed.  I just noticed now that all the comments are in italics.  How come yours isn't?

[timothymh]

 My comment isn't italicized because I don't unnecessarily italicize words. Do you have a problem with that?

[Morriscow]

yeah i do, you got a problem with that?

[timothymh]

 no comment.

[olvegrn]

great idea!I can't wait to try it out!....now I gotta find a floppy......'

[timothymh]

 Floppy disks are extremely common at yard sales.

[Wehrdo]

Thanks. Floppies seem to become rarer and rarer every day.

[Kryptonite]

I have one with my year 6 pictures on it, I'd better save it on the computer before nothing reads floppies!

[mastermayhem117]

Fun stuff! Love it! And I think I recognize that Gateway disk, I had one just like it that went with my Gateway 2000. Frist computer my house ever owned..

[DJ Radio]

I will definitely try to look in a floppy disk in the future... who knows what I will find?  Maybe a teacher's password lolz.

[metalman84405]

Here is a trick I used in making this project. Just in case someone actually stumbles upon the passwords hidden inside the floppy, make an anagram of your password. If you reorder the letters to your password...no one will be the wiser. Just a thought for those of you out there who are a bit more paranoid. Cheers!

[Wehrdo]

Hmm, that's a great idea!  Never thought about that.  Maybe you could make an instructable on how to make an anagram.

[LoganRussell]

Why couldn't you put the passwords in a text document then copy it to the floppy disk? (If you have a floppy disk reader.) Then you could copy and paste your password from the document.

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[LoganRussell]

But you could password protect the floppy disk itself so only you could use it.

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[Tommyhzy]

Put it on the Floppy disk! That way you'll never forget the password!
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[Foaly7]

Yeah, use a normal word that is the keyword for a Playfair cipher on the label for the floppy disc, and make the final decryption of the Playfair your password.

[Wehrdo]

Haha great answer!

[ReCreate]

Windows 3.1? Wow, Can you create images of those disks and upload them?

[junits15]

you could google for them, the downloads should be safe as long as they arent torrents.

[ReCreate]

Haha that's so funny :D And so not true! Torrents are safe. Once, i saw something that was supposed to be a windows 7 activation crack, so i downloaded it and decompiled it, it was a virus that uploads all your passwords to some guy's server. And guess what, it was deleted in 5 minutes.

[junits15]

But, if lets say you download a Microsoft office 07' torrent, (or something else illegal it is traceable to your computer and the "men in black suits" can find you although it is unlikely. That’s not to say there aren't legitimate torrents that are legal

[ReCreate]

Oh yea, They aren't legal, At least those.
Well, It is Extremely Unlikely, It would cost them by far way too much time, And Is simply not possible.
If you see in the "legal threats page" on the pirate bay You can see many Company's And such demanding for that information, And the Site owner does not give, Never, Not to mention that he would not have that information either, nor would there be an easy way to track down the user.

[junits15]

oh ok

[ReCreate]

So i win! Where is my cookie? :D

[junits15]

yes you win, but sadly cookie monster paid a visit......... XD

[ReCreate]

Oh well XD

[Wehrdo]

No, because the floppy drive on my computer is broken, and has to be disconnected otherwise my computer won't boot. Sorry.