Wothe@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoAdd-on: same password, same identity.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down18
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minus-squareHolzkohlen@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up33·1 year agoThe only good passwords are those you don’t know yourself because they are randomly generated and all stored in your password manager of choice.
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoit’s all fun and games until you don’t have access to your password manager
minus-squareclb92@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWell that’s on you then. 1. Keep encrypted backups of your password database, so that you can migrate to something else if you need to. B. Make sure to have your password database synced to your phone or accessible in some other way when you’re out and about. III. If purely offline and local password manager with no syncing, have a way for a trusted person to be able to access it, if you need them to. • Lastly, attempt to not suffer memory loss and forget your main credentials to the password manager.
minus-squaretilcica@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agodepends on the password manager… also, the length of the password is WAY more important than it being randomly generated as long as it’s not in a password dictionary somewhere. I use 20+ character passphrases that i can easily remember everywhere for instance
minus-squareUnspecificGravity@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoExcept you DO know the password to your password manager, which makes it about as secure as just writing them down and keeping them in the house.
The only good passwords are those you don’t know yourself because they are randomly generated and all stored in your password manager of choice.
it’s all fun and games until you don’t have access to your password manager
Well that’s on you then.
1. Keep encrypted backups of your password database, so that you can migrate to something else if you need to.
B. Make sure to have your password database synced to your phone or accessible in some other way when you’re out and about.
III. If purely offline and local password manager with no syncing, have a way for a trusted person to be able to access it, if you need them to.
• Lastly, attempt to not suffer memory loss and forget your main credentials to the password manager.
depends on the password manager…
also, the length of the password is WAY more important than it being randomly generated as long as it’s not in a password dictionary somewhere. I use 20+ character passphrases that i can easily remember everywhere for instance
Except you DO know the password to your password manager, which makes it about as secure as just writing them down and keeping them in the house.