I知 ****** done with ****** passwords

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I bet the odds of me getting a trojan or virus is way lower than the password manager programs. They have a constant barrage of hackers trying, and it just takes one to get in. No one is bothering to try my home network. I have a new router, with up to date firmware, Anti-Virus and Anti-malware paid for subscriptions not free versions, and I have three different backup routines, and common sense to avoid trojans and malware.

But they have an equal amount of professionals working around the clock to protect their systems. They have layers on layers, big data real time analysis and proprietary OS, tailor made for just that functionality, disabling anything they don't need or want
vs
your desktop OS that is the same for everybody and has loads upon loads of functionalities and tools and programs that each might be vulnerable.

So unless maybe you use some rare Linux variant as your desktop an are extremely disciplined in terms of what you do on it, what you allow on it, and how fanatically you update and maintain your system, My money is on the online company run by pros.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by svandamme

But they have an equal amount of professionals working around the clock to protect their systems. They have layers on layers, big data real time analysis and proprietary OS, tailor made for just that functionality, disabling anything they don't need or want
vs
your desktop OS that is the same for everybody and has loads upon loads of functionalities and tools and programs that each might be vulnerable.

So unless maybe you use some rare Linux variant as your desktop an are extremely disciplined in terms of what you do on it, what you allow on it, and how fanatically you update and maintain your system, My money is on the online company run by pros.

This

[Aurel]

I quit remembering passwords long time ago.
I use iOS password manager enabled by my fingerprint, so easy.

[Joe Bob]

Blue tape on my laptop and a sharpie......I've also superglued my laptop to my desk

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by HardDrive

I am in technology, and my 'password management' is a text file called cookie_receipe.txt. I print it out about once a year. As the year goes along, I update it with a pen. End of year, update the text file, print it out again. Feel free to make fun, but it works like champ. Zero hassles.

As long as it isn't at your desk it is fine. Here, you would be escorted out for keeping a written password near your desk or a non-protected file on your computer.

[aldente]

why pay for a password manager when they are built into the browser?

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by aldente

why pay for a password manager when they are built into the browser?

They are not portable across devices or even different browsers on the same device.

PW managers allow you access to your info anywhere, any time, from any device.

[aldente]

I just use Safari on all my devices. Makes life simple.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by aldente

I just use Safari on all my devices. Makes life simple.

If you are using icloud keychain you are using a basic password manager same as Lastpass or Bitwarden (free) and limited to your ecosystem.

There are 2 Macs, 2 Win 10, and Debian box sitting on my desk.

I use them all, every day.

iCloud keychain would be useless for me.

So to answer your question "why pay for a password manager when they are built into the browser?", see above