As our accounts grow in value, so does the chance of malicious users gaining control and emptying them out, before we can regain control. We've seen it happen many times before with the countless phishing scams through Steemit clones. Many users lost even more STEEM/SBD. A friend of mine lost a lot and it made me think about a solution. Being on a platform with so many talented devs I decided to make a task request with a 50 SBD bounty for the first one who creates an anti-phishing browser extension for everyone to use. made the best solution Steemed Phish. Read more about it here and download it for Chrome here.
That said, let me tell you how I store my passwords.
Yes! I memorized my passwords. And no, I did not change the generated passwords with simpler ones. Again no, I do not have a photographic memory. Anyone can memorize their passwords. Easy.
The way to do it is to write them down on a piece of paper. Repeat a couple of times and hide all of them around your house except the one you will be using for when you will need to input the password. This is the best, and most safest way to store your passowords. REMEMBER: A password is never safe if in digital form, so write them down!
Depending on your mental capacity and how often you actually use your passwords. After a couple of weeks to a month you will already be able to remember most, if not the entire password off the top of your head. Make yourself remember. Try not to look at the paper when inputting it and try to remember as much as you can. If you get stuck and can't remember, see which part is bothering you the most and try to remember it for next time.
It generally takes me up to a month to remember one generated password with upper, lower case letters and numbers. My memory is nowhere near the memory of an average humab so, I bet you can do it in two weeks.
In a couple of years a 100 SP accounts will be targets as they will be worth upwards of 1000 USD so, better start caring about your passwords now, and start storing them offline, before it's too late. You will thank me later, when you won't need that piece of paper to input the password. Then you are safe! If there are no keyloggers or other malware infecting your machine, of course. Not much can save you from that.
TIP: get a good anti-virus software. 360 Total Security is a free anti-virus that has been doing wonders for me in the last couple of years. Try it out if you don't want to spend money on a paid one.