Comment on Are password managers secure to use?

• garbagebagel@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I write my passwords on paper in code, like my dad taught me to do.

  However, just a personal anectdote, my uncle passed suddenly and he had written all his passwords (not in code) on a spreadsheet with each account, which he then printed. I promise you, this single piece of paper was one of the most helpful things I could’ve asked for in sorting out all of his assets. It was a genuine lifesaver. Now I often think that maybe I should be sharing my password with an S.O. or someone else close to me just to make their life easier if I were to die tomorrow.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    See you can tell your family the “duck” part. Then anyone that steals the paper still can’t do it.

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    • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And that’s how your uncle Billy starts a new life in Mexico using your identity. A tale as old as time.

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• PlexSheep@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is just a hack. If you use encryption to store passwords, that becomes just a nuisance.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unfortunately I see headlines every now and then that whatever password manager was compromised.

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    • PlexSheep@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean… Can’t happen if you keep your stuff encrypted like with KeePassXC. Even if someone gets my password database, it’s useless for them since they don’t know how to decrypt it. That’s why I don’t use some online service, though using one of the online services is certainly better than reusing a weak remembered password.

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      • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yep. Theoretically a vulnerability could be found (or manufactured) for KeePass, but it’s much less likely than an online service, and it’s extremely common and open source, so if there are issues then there’s a fairly good chance it’ll be noticed.

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    • xylol@leminal.space ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hopefully passwords are encrypted so the hackers get useless data

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• over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  All I see is *******

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  • felbane@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I just see *******duck

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