Hide a Password on a Floppy Disk

If you're the type of person who can't remember passwords for love nor money, here's an amusing-but-practical low-tech solution: Hide them on old floppies.

No, we're not talking about writing the data to the actual media (as if that was even possible in this post-floppy era), but rather a typed or handwritten piece of paper literally hidden beneath the spring-loaded cover. Check it out:

Think about it: While it's always a good idea to write down an important password in case you forget it, it's a bad idea to write it where someone can find it.

But an old floppy sitting on your desk? Who's going to give that a second glance, let alone pick it up and slide open the cover? Of course, the real challenge may be finding media you can use. (I disposed of my last remaining floppies years ago.)

Assuming you're flush with floppies, you can find the complete instructions at Instructables. In the meantime, let us pause and remember what life was like when we had to cram all our data on these slow, pricey, impractical disks. Sucky, as I recall. [via Hack a Day]