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minus-squareParadachshund@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoEveryone talks about password managers these days, but isn’t that telling the hackers exactly where to go to get all your passwords? Seems like a much higher chance of catastrophic failure to me if you have a single point of entry.
minus-squareHexarei@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoOnly if you’re using a third-party password manager, rather than something stored/managed locally.
minus-squareParadachshund@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIs that hard to do? And how do you access it remotely from your phone for instance?
minus-squaremoonmeow@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoYes that’s definitely a concern to keep in mind. The problem is that if someone doesn’t use a password manager they’re morenlikely to reuse weak ones. Using a password manager is a better path, as long as there is awareness on how to keep it secured.
Everyone talks about password managers these days, but isn’t that telling the hackers exactly where to go to get all your passwords? Seems like a much higher chance of catastrophic failure to me if you have a single point of entry.
Only if you’re using a third-party password manager, rather than something stored/managed locally.
Is that hard to do? And how do you access it remotely from your phone for instance?
Yes that’s definitely a concern to keep in mind.
The problem is that if someone doesn’t use a password manager they’re morenlikely to reuse weak ones.
Using a password manager is a better path, as long as there is awareness on how to keep it secured.