The best password manager for the elderly or less techie people is pen and paper. There is no need to overcomplicate it or force anyone to use tech they don’t need or understand. It’s okay to write down your passwords so long as you keep them safe. Why Pen And Paper? Where you store your …
To understand why we don’t need SMS 2FA, we’ll order the factors from least secure to most secure. Password Password + SMS 2FA Password + Authenticator App Unique Password Unique Password + U2F *A unique password is a reasonable length, random, and never reused password. Password – Affected by phishing attacks, credential stuffing attacks, malware, and brute force …
Password requirements keep getting more complicated as the years go on. It used to be simple, 5 characters minimum. Then it was 6, then 8 but with a capital and a number. Today, it’s not unheard of to have password rules of 15 characters minimum along with uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and special characters. When does …
The sign up page is often the only education users get about passwords. Ask any user what they think makes for a strong password and find the response sounds like they’re reading off password requirements. Password requirements on sign up pages have spent years teaching users to make “strong” passwords when they should have been …
The most important aspect of a password manager is its master password. Your master password is what protects your vault so it needs to be strong. What makes for a strong master password is often very confusing, and far too many people get it wrong. We have taught people to make passwords that are hard …
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If you have a password manager, you know that forgetting your master password will lock you out forever. This is why it’s okay to write down your master password. Then a new question comes up, how do you keep from losing your master password? Here is a list of ways to store your master password …