Password managers
- Thread starter Ash
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What's lazy, using one or not using one ??
I have to use one for work for security purposes, I use a special setup for my own personal stuff. I don't trust them if they ever get hacked or get deleted.
I don't use one myself though I do see the appeal to one. I wouldn't call it lazy per se. It helps organize passwords for those who may need that bit of extra boost.
I have random unique passwords for the non-important sites like forums so it would be near impossible to remember them all. I would say it's probably better to use a password manager than use the same password for all sites you're on.
Yeah but it's easier to manage if something does go wrong with a particular forum. Now if a particular password gets leaked, I don't have to worry about changing it on other forums that I use
The leak should only be an issue if you use that same email and password for something actually important. The security on a forum is pretty poor, so your password isn’t stopping anything.
The reason why you don’t hear about forum hacking often, is that there isn’t much of any gain to it. They’re trying to steal PII or financial information, which you’re not going to find on the vast majority of forums. Even then, they’re not after your user login credentials. They’re getting into the database for other information.
So having a string of different passwords for different forums isn’t that advantageous, and just gives you a false sense of security for no actual benefit.
I don't use password managers, I just end up saving my passwords in my browser or I save it to a document on my computer. I've thought about maybe writing my passwords down on notebook paper, but knowing me I would lose it and that just seems old fashion to me. :V
I think it is built in and my passwords are automatically stored in my Google Chrome settings
I saved my passwords using the Google Chrome settings. In this way, it will not take more time to open those sites that I am using.