Talking to my sister about her kid's new tablet made me realize we all need a password manager.

She told me she uses the same password for everything, including her bank, because 'it's just easier to remember', and that hit different because I used to do the same thing until my email got hacked last year.

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morgan_king363mo ago

My old system was writing passwords on sticky notes stuck to my monitor. I had one for my streaming service that was just "netflix1". The hack was a real wake up call. Now I use a manager and my passwords look like keyboard smashes. I still have to look at my monitor to log in, but at least the note just says "check the app".

green.reese3mo ago

But isn't that exactly why a password manager helps? It remembers the hard ones so you don't have to.

logan5253mo ago

Remembers the hard ones" sounds good until the manager itself gets hacked. Then all your eggs are in one basket. I just use a few strong base passwords and change a part for each site. Feels safer than trusting one app with everything.

nguyen.blake1mo ago

It's like when everyone started using those fingerprint locks on their phones. People thought they were invincible until someone figured out you could lift a print off a glass. Your method is basically what I do with my garage code - I have a base pattern and change a digit based on which neighbor kid I'm trusting with it. My wife thinks I'm paranoid but my email account is still alive and kicking while her password manager got compromised last year. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.