Who do you trust more? 200 websites to store your passwords or yourself? If you’re not using a password manager, you’re trusting 200 websites* to secure your same or similar passwords. This is like living in a neighborhood where everyone’s house keys are the same. It’s only a matter of time before one house key …
Pick a phrase or a password you already use. Each time you sign up for an account, add one or two random words to the end of it. Never reuse that password. That’s it, only three steps. Here are some examples: Fluffy123companyFluffy123partnerflowersFluffy123BookCase12 This is lightyears better than using “Fluffy123” for everything. Just don’t use the …
Another week and another group of people thinking this or that website has been breached. The latest one got me thinking because the people affected claimed to use a password manager to generate strong passwords. Usually, when there is a breach its the same song and dance of users reusing passwords and case closed. I …
I’ve talked about the 2 password manager idea before in my post about what if your password manager gets hacked. But I feel I need to give this idea its own post because of how seriously important it is. What Is The 2 Password Manager Method? It’s as the name describes, you use 2 password …
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Coming up with unique passwords for every account is difficult and leads many people to create a system/algo. A phrase and the name of the site is the typical system many people use. While this solves the issue of having a unique password for every account, it’s not the best solution. There are vulnerabilities with …
I was sitting around thinking about what would be the perfect master password for a password manager. It would be long. The longer the password, the harder to brute force. It would be easy to remember which is hard to do with a long password. Uniqueness is also important. Lastly, it would be easy to …
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