Password manager recommendation
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Hi all! I'm thinking on start using a password manager. It starts to be super complicated to remember everything and I'm super tempted to start storing my passwords in text files... :-O :rolleyes: This said, 1. Do you use them? 2. Do you trust them? 3. Which one do you use? 4. Why? As always, thank you very much! :beer:
www.robotecnik.com[^] - robots, CNC and PLC programming
PasswordSafe [^] and store the file in dropbox, does the job with limited bells and whistles. I've been using it for many years (too lazy and disinterested in looking at alternatives)
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Don't like cloud stuff, I use Keepass, cross platform. Not to big a deal when your only password is 12345678 :)
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
KeePass gets my vote. I can never fully bring myself to trust a password manager that runs as a browser add-on. It just seems to me like...a bad idea. Security is best when done in layers. Running a password manager outside the browser process space seems like the least one should do...
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Hi all! I'm thinking on start using a password manager. It starts to be super complicated to remember everything and I'm super tempted to start storing my passwords in text files... :-O :rolleyes: This said, 1. Do you use them? 2. Do you trust them? 3. Which one do you use? 4. Why? As always, thank you very much! :beer:
www.robotecnik.com[^] - robots, CNC and PLC programming
@raddevus has several articles about the topic for different situations. Destroy All Passwords: Never Memorize A Password Again[^] Users Hate Passwords (We're All Users): Never Memorize a Password Again[^] Never Type A Password Again (The Continuing Saga)[^] Ending the Era of Weak Passwords: Never Type A Password Again (Never Memorize A Password Again)[^]
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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KeePass gets my vote. I can never fully bring myself to trust a password manager that runs as a browser add-on. It just seems to me like...a bad idea. Security is best when done in layers. Running a password manager outside the browser process space seems like the least one should do...
they no more about security then you do. browser addons are not big deal when done right. Just saying.
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Hi all! I'm thinking on start using a password manager. It starts to be super complicated to remember everything and I'm super tempted to start storing my passwords in text files... :-O :rolleyes: This said, 1. Do you use them? 2. Do you trust them? 3. Which one do you use? 4. Why? As always, thank you very much! :beer:
www.robotecnik.com[^] - robots, CNC and PLC programming
Roll your own. I would call mine "UNsafe".
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Hi all! I'm thinking on start using a password manager. It starts to be super complicated to remember everything and I'm super tempted to start storing my passwords in text files... :-O :rolleyes: This said, 1. Do you use them? 2. Do you trust them? 3. Which one do you use? 4. Why? As always, thank you very much! :beer:
www.robotecnik.com[^] - robots, CNC and PLC programming
I use keypass. you can run it on pc phones etc and the database is stored locally and does allow you to have multiple databases. It is used extensively at work by IT, but work tries to push lastpass to the users which has it advantages, but I prefer keypass.
A Fine is a Tax for doing something wrong A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.
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Hi all! I'm thinking on start using a password manager. It starts to be super complicated to remember everything and I'm super tempted to start storing my passwords in text files... :-O :rolleyes: This said, 1. Do you use them? 2. Do you trust them? 3. Which one do you use? 4. Why? As always, thank you very much! :beer:
www.robotecnik.com[^] - robots, CNC and PLC programming
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correct horse battery staple[^], surely?
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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PasswordSafe [^] and store the file in dropbox, does the job with limited bells and whistles. I've been using it for many years (too lazy and disinterested in looking at alternatives)
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
Agree. It has an app for phone as well.
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Hi all! I'm thinking on start using a password manager. It starts to be super complicated to remember everything and I'm super tempted to start storing my passwords in text files... :-O :rolleyes: This said, 1. Do you use them? 2. Do you trust them? 3. Which one do you use? 4. Why? As always, thank you very much! :beer:
www.robotecnik.com[^] - robots, CNC and PLC programming
Keepass, the interface looks a bit outdated but it has good functionality like synchronization and it is cross platform. portable-password-managers[^]
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Hi all! I'm thinking on start using a password manager. It starts to be super complicated to remember everything and I'm super tempted to start storing my passwords in text files... :-O :rolleyes: This said, 1. Do you use them? 2. Do you trust them? 3. Which one do you use? 4. Why? As always, thank you very much! :beer:
www.robotecnik.com[^] - robots, CNC and PLC programming
I use Keeper. A few years ago I had problems with two factor authentication and I found their support to be quick and helpful.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Hi all! I'm thinking on start using a password manager. It starts to be super complicated to remember everything and I'm super tempted to start storing my passwords in text files... :-O :rolleyes: This said, 1. Do you use them? 2. Do you trust them? 3. Which one do you use? 4. Why? As always, thank you very much! :beer:
www.robotecnik.com[^] - robots, CNC and PLC programming
I keep all my passwords in an unencrypted textfile called "passwords.txt" in my Dropbox. Do you mean that's not safe? :confused:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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Don't like cloud stuff, I use Keepass, cross platform. Not to big a deal when your only password is 12345678 :)
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
Second that.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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I keep all my passwords in an unencrypted textfile called "passwords.txt" in my Dropbox. Do you mean that's not safe? :confused:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark TwainI use a post-it note under the keyboard.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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I use a post-it note under the keyboard.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
Depending on where your computer is, and who else has physical access to it, that's probably more secure. :-D
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Don't like cloud stuff, I use Keepass, cross platform. Not to big a deal when your only password is 12345678 :)
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
My combination is "KeePass" and "KeePass Touch" on iOS with automated data exchange via Dropbox. This combination comes with free apps and no additional cost. The encrypted file is ALWAYS at a safe place in the cloud. This way a change on one device is instantly copied to all other devices without having to take care. Using the password generator at nearly all times makes most of my passwords not memorable and hard to type and therefore secure. I started with KeePass on Windows a couple of years ago before the big wave of passwords hit us all. I started on Windows only. Later with manual exchange to my mobile. All this was not efficient enough to let me use it at all times. Only the automated data exchange made it attractive. Now it even holds bank account and passport numbers. It requires some attention to use it at ALL times, even for the simplest websites which are never intended to be reused. The initial work to get everything into the password manager is hard, but keeping it up to date is easy. Start using a password manager NOW and use it always.
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Don't like cloud stuff, I use Keepass, cross platform. Not to big a deal when your only password is 12345678 :)
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Hi all! I'm thinking on start using a password manager. It starts to be super complicated to remember everything and I'm super tempted to start storing my passwords in text files... :-O :rolleyes: This said, 1. Do you use them? 2. Do you trust them? 3. Which one do you use? 4. Why? As always, thank you very much! :beer:
www.robotecnik.com[^] - robots, CNC and PLC programming
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Hi all! I'm thinking on start using a password manager. It starts to be super complicated to remember everything and I'm super tempted to start storing my passwords in text files... :-O :rolleyes: This said, 1. Do you use them? 2. Do you trust them? 3. Which one do you use? 4. Why? As always, thank you very much! :beer:
www.robotecnik.com[^] - robots, CNC and PLC programming
[1Password](https://1password.com/). I've been using it for over a decade, since it was Mac-only. I now use it on iOS, macOS and Windows, and it's been bullet-proof for me. I use it to store & generate passwords (most of my passwords now are 20+ characters of (effectively) line-noise), generate timed one-time passwords (aka 2-factor auth), store payment details for easy filling in, as well as storing 'secure notes'. It *is* a subscription service, and *does* share passwords (encrypted, of course) in AgileBits's cloud, if those are deal-breakers to you.
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
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Roll your own. I would call mine "UNsafe".
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Roll your own.
AKA : Notepad++ :rolleyes:
I'd rather be phishing!
