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My IT guy in Tucson called my password system dumb, and honestly he was right
I used to keep a little paper notebook with all my login info written in it because I thought a password manager was too complicated to set up. My buddy who does IT in Tucson looked at it and just laughed, said that notebook was "a hacker's dream with a bow on it" if I ever lost it or someone swiped a photo of it. So what's the actual move here, do you use a manager for everything or just the important stuff?
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mark_price9d ago
Did your buddy happen to mention what you're supposed to do when the notebook gets wet, or you leave it at a hotel, or you die and nobody can get into your accounts? I get why the notebook feels easy, and I'm not going to pretend I never wrote a password on the back of a receipt before. But losing that thing is the real problem, not hackers somehow getting a photo of it. So yes, use a manager for everything, because the whole point is you stop deciding which logins are "important" and just lock them all up behind one good password you actually remember. Start with just your email and bank if the full switch feels like too much, then add the rest as you go.
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