That $30 password manager app saved me after a data leak last week

I got an email from my bank saying my login was found in a breach. Normally I would just change the password and move on, but this app I bought for $30 flagged the same password on three other sites. Turned out my email and that same password were floating around on some dark web list. Has anyone else had a password manager catch something like that before it was too late?

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troy_price1mo ago

Fair point, but you could have just used unique passwords for free and avoided the whole thing.

claire_davis311mo ago

@troy_price but having a manager SCAN the dark web for you is WAY more proactive.

diana_kim661mo ago

Asks how scanning helps when the breached passwords are already being traded in plain sight.