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Hot take here: Password managers are a solution looking for a problem.
this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2023
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No, because writing down logins on a piece of paper exists, and if you cant write shit down , just type it into a .txt you ecrypt or hide on your pc...
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If you aren’t using a password manager today you are actually stupid and deserve any data breach disasters coming your way. It’s so easy to set one up. There’s no excuse.
I do not trust password managers. There's a saying that goes 'do not put all of your eggs in one basket' and that's what I don't do. Mobile, Desktop, whatever, I don't use a single password manager. It wasn't long ago that a password management company was compromised, right? What are the odds that similar circumstances could happen on another password management company? It'd be a disaster.
Whatever happened to just simply having a notepad program/app and documenting your passwords onto there?
Ironic to the contrary, I've caught myself using browsers such as chrome to save my passwords for easier log in. But that's simply out of my decaying memory due to age, not necessarily because I have a bias with Google and I trust them with everything. I still don't trust them with everything.
Keeping a text file with passwords in clear text is so much less secure than a proper password manager. Even if the company is breached, at least they are encrypted by a master password and take significant time and effort to brute force. That text file is readable by anyone who gets their hands on it, and with the prevalence of malware, it's a pretty huge gamble to store passwords on your own computer where you are ultimately the only person responsible for your cyber security.
People are assuming I just have my passwords littered out on open desktop and in My Documents? Little naive to assume so, when there exists and I have used programs like TrueCrypt to encrypt partitions of private data including those passwords in. Like, good luck getting through that. And, what more, is that master passwords are stored in expansive media and not just strewn about for anyone to just grab and use. They're never on my desktop nor any system I use.
So please, don't just assume I am that careless...
And no I will still not use a password manager.
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No, never. It's too unreliable, to easy to hack, lose.
- use strong password patterns
- if you begin to forget your passwords, cut down the number of services you're using
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The best password manager is pen and paper.