Yeah, I switched from LastPass (after one of their many data breaches) to 1Password. I don’t know any of my passwords anymore because they’re all just generated and saved automatically. And that’s a good thing.
Spoken like someone who has never had to deal with corporate ‘security’ before. Password managers are great, but if your workplace has incompetent IT (e.g. probs 90% of workplaces), then you’re SOL and must play the increments game.
Because I want control of my passwords in my head not some software, it’s not like a string of random characters is any more secure than one that can actually be remembered
Yes because I have an easily remembered system for a unique passphrase for any given site. Not trying to shit on password managers though, just providing a different perspective
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Because it’s much more fun to come up with passphrases like Correct Battery Horse Staple.
It’s a lot easier to remember that than #@?Zk23!nPw
You are not supposed to have to remember anything but your master password. :)
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Tacking onto this, because I mix password types too, I don’t want all my passwords in the same (even pseudorandom) style.
Yeah, I switched from LastPass (after one of their many data breaches) to 1Password. I don’t know any of my passwords anymore because they’re all just generated and saved automatically. And that’s a good thing.
Spoken like someone who has never had to deal with corporate ‘security’ before. Password managers are great, but if your workplace has incompetent IT (e.g. probs 90% of workplaces), then you’re SOL and must play the increments game.
Tons of websites reject pseudo randomly generated passwords, too
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That’s inherently blocking pseudo random password generators.
Max length doesn’t bother me if it’s at least 128 characters, but only allowing specific special characters is a sin.
As of last year, Wells Fargo’s passwords were even cause insensitive. Dunno if they’ve fixed it since then, but probably not
Because I want control of my passwords in my head not some software, it’s not like a string of random characters is any more secure than one that can actually be remembered
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Yes because I have an easily remembered system for a unique passphrase for any given site. Not trying to shit on password managers though, just providing a different perspective