That's a neat scenario and all, and I'm sure it worked. Once. Maybe.
I think it works for Hollywood, with a few adaptations. The Producers was really a documentary.
That's a neat scenario and all, and I'm sure it worked. Once. Maybe.
Congrats. You are paying attention and thinking.
In answer, there is no such thing as 100% security. You can only use "best practices" and setup security in layers. While post-its on your monitor stops hacking over the web, it does nothing top stop your secretary/co-workers/janitors/etc from hacking your account. Moving that same post-it to your wallet adds a second layer of difficulty in getting your info. This same concept applies with physical security- there is no one perfect solution.
Having 100s of thousands or millions of accounts for any web site means that people can do bulk hacks rather than hacking individuals- much more attractive targets. Any good password manager uses both high-end encryption and takes extreme measures to avoid having your login watched and compromised. I use two-factor authentication with mine which greatly increases hacking difficulty. Even this won't protect my info in 20 years, but I expect to have moved on to some new generation solution by then.
Now that is truly funny.
Especially for those who remember the 70s.
This much more common than you might think. We had people that would just increment the last digit of their password by 1. This went on for years until the security team changed the rules for passwords.