Showerthought: Why I gave up on remembering passwords

I used to believe that keeping passwords in my head was the best method. I thought it meant no one else could access them. But a close friend had his web account broken into after forgetting a password. He used a simple one he could recall, and bad guys got in easily. This event taught me that human memory is not good for security. Now I use a password manager to make and keep strong passwords. It's a simple change that can save you from big problems.

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the_logan7mo ago

Switched to a password manager after the third "reset password" email in a week.

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miles_king127mo ago

Exactly, @the_logan. It's always one of those things you just deal with until it becomes a real problem, then you finally fix it for good.

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the_logan7mo ago

Is it really that bad to just reset passwords when you need to? Seems like extra work for something that barely happens.

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