Rant: That password manager debate with my buddy changed my mind

My friend Dave said I was overthinking it using a password manager, that remembering 3 strong passwords was better than trusting some app. He had a point after I saw that LastPass breach report last week, made me wonder if we're just shifting risk around instead of solving it. Anyone else go back and forth on this?

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abby_robinson5818d ago

Hold up, do you actually need a password manager or is everyone just panicking because they can't remember a few passwords? I mean, if you're not working for some top secret government agency, who's really after your Netflix login anyway? Dave's got a point about the LastPass thing - even if the data was encrypted, it still got stolen. How many people actually set up two-factor on their password manager? Probably not as many as you'd think. Maybe we're all just making this more complicated than it needs to be.

kais6718d ago

Did you actually look into how the LastPass breach worked? Most people just see the headline and freak out. The stolen data was encrypted vaults, not plaintext passwords. Your buddy Dave probably remembers 3 passwords that are actually reused everywhere or written on sticky notes. Password managers aren't perfect but neither is relying on your brain to remember which 3 passwords are "strong enough." I went back and forth for months until I realized I was just procrastinating making a real choice.