Password Manager

[3 1/2" MAGUM]

It's come to the point where I need one. Everything application I have requires a password and it's getting to be an issue. Suggestions?

[MolliesMaster]

Following this.

[willyworm]

I use the Keeper app. Don't have much experience with any others, but this one does everything I need it to. Yearly subscription cost, but it's like $20. They claim to have to notch security, but everyone does until they get beached

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[SCFoxman]

LastPass personally, but there are options depending on use case

[USMCsilver]

I use Google Password Manager.

I have a few authenticator apps - Microsoft, Google, & Duo. (Unfortunately, a choice isn't always an option.)

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[Palmetto Bug]

I use Lastpass. There is a free version but I buy the upgrade so I can synch all my devices. It has browser extensions you can load that will auto fill when you get username/password challenges. My wife uses it too so if anything ever happened to either of us, the other can find and get to all the various accounts and log in credentials.

At work, government networking/cyber stuff, we use Keepass. It works fine but doesn't have the browser extensions so you're left with cut-n-paste.

[Sheep]

yep, LastPass

[reeltight]

We are mandated at work to use Dashlane. It works well and is fairly mindless.

[duckcrazed]

LastPass, seemless and easy, you only need to remember one master password, and can set it to only prompt you when on a different wifi network etc...mine might only prompt me for the master every three months or so...

[WoodieSC]

I looked this up because I thought I recalled a security issue when I was looking at LastPass sometime last year. Not sure how it affects new users, if at all.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/28/...urity-rebuttal

[Remy]

I looked this up because I thought I recalled a security issue when I was looking at LastPass sometime last year. Not sure how it affects new users, if at all.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/28/...urity-rebuttal

That’s why I don’t use one. Having all your passwords stored on the same database doesn’t seem very safe in the the world of data breaches.

[Palmetto Bug]

That’s why I don’t use one. Having all your passwords stored on the same database doesn’t seem very safe in the the world of data breaches.

What's a good alternative? Write them on a post-it note? Keep them in a text file? I have way too many passwords to remember. As long as they are encrypted, it takes a while for the database to be hacked. If you get notified the encrypted database was compromised, you have time to reset passwords, which you should be doing periodically anyway. Having the database stored in a cloud environment adds risk but there really isn't another viable way to share or synch passwords on several devices or among trusted users. If I meet an untimely demise, my wife has access to all my accounts and passwords. Can you imagine how difficult it could be to resolve all that crap without the account credentials?

[Sasha and Abby]

I just have them in one of the folders on my iPhone... Like y'all I have numerous diff pswds t o different sites and this is the easiest way for me to keep them straight.

[Remy]

What's a good alternative? Write them on a post-it note? Keep them in a text file? I have way too many passwords to remember. As long as they are encrypted, it takes a while for the database to be hacked. If you get notified the encrypted database was compromised, you have time to reset passwords, which you should be doing periodically anyway. Having the database stored in a cloud environment adds risk but there really isn't another viable way to share or synch passwords on several devices or among trusted users. If I meet an untimely demise, my wife has access to all my accounts and passwords. Can you imagine how difficult it could be to resolve all that crap without the account credentials?

Personally I just use an excel file stored locally. My wife knows where its at and I try to print one off every once and a while. Tip for those that want a strong password. Use sentences instead of one word. Ex. Ilovehuntingducksinsc55! .Easy to remember and harder for people to crack.

[Palmetto Bug]

Keeping plain text files might be worse than post-it notes because your devices can be remotely hacked and your files revealed. If you keep them on your phone an it gets lost... You should at least find an encryption app to keep those files. It your device gets hacked with a root kit, the hacker can see all your files. If it's encrypted, they'd still have to decrypt.

Our passwords at work (DoD) have to be at least 15 characters long, use caps and lower case, special characters and numbers and no part of it can be found in a dictionary, English or foreign language.

[Palmetto Bug]

If they've had enough access to install a root kit, they would have also installed a keystroke logger so you'd probably be screwed anyway.

[WoodieSC]

Keeping plain text files might be worse than post-it notes because your devices can be remotely hacked and your files revealed. If you keep them on your phone an it gets lost... You should at least find an encryption app to keep those files. It your device gets hacked with a root kit, the hacker can see all your files. If it's encrypted, they'd still have to decrypt.

You make some great points, Palmetto Bug.

I've historically kept my 'database' of passwords on a pile of index cards. The problem is that while I've edited it over time, I am long overdue to type it into a spreadsheet or Access file to keep on a USB stick so that it's not on my machine.

Question... I'm using an iPhone and use the iPhone password app with a lock code on it. What encryption app might I add to use with that? A similar question applies to Win 10 and their password folder. Any ideas?