Why You Shouldn’t Use Your Web Browser’s Password Manager

[learninmypc]

Using a password manager is crucial. The biggest risk to your accounts online is password re-use. If you use the same passwords over and over, a breach at one website means your email and password is out there. Attackers will try to use that email and password to log into other sites. This simple trick is how accounts are often “hacked” these days.

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[i8DRM]

If your 'password manager' is on your hard drive, and your hard drive crashes & burns, guess how this story ends? If you do hard drive clone backups, or the password manager is cloud-based, it might be a good idea...otherwise, keep all that stuff written down in a 3-ring binder.

 

[bartino11]

I trust no password managers at this point

 

[terzaerian]

I trust no password managers at this point

So you use a unique, 16-32 character password of randomly generated letters, numbers and special characters for each web service from Techspot to Amazon in a handwritten notebook which you keep in a locked drawer in your desk?