Was skeptical about password managers until my bank account got hit

I used to think password managers were just another subscription to pay for. Then someone got into my old Yahoo account from a breach back in 2016 and used it to reset my Amazon password. Lost about $180 before I caught it. Now I use Bitwarden and it feels like a no-brainer. What made you finally give in and try one?

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xena_bailey1811d ago

Honestly, I never even considered the tax refund angle until my own identity got swiped.

the_sam11d agoMost Upvoted

Haha "Dropped $180 to learn what a sticky note on my monitor couldn't teach me" is such a perfect way to put it. I felt that. My stupid tax was actually a $60 charge from some sketchy app store in China before I caught the rest. It's embarrassing looking back because I thought I was being clever by just rotating the same few passwords. Now I have Bitwarden generating random 20-character nonsense for everything and I honestly feel like a responsible adult for once. But the real kicker is I still have a physical notebook with my master password written in it because my brain refuses to remember that one.

the_rowan11d ago

Dropped $180 to learn what a sticky note on my monitor couldn't teach me.

the_olivia11d agoOG Member

The sticky note on the monitor is a classic move until it isn't, right? But seriously, did you ever find out exactly how that breach linked to your account, or was it just pure bad luck with password reuse?