The password manager I swore I'd never use finally got me

I was dead set against password managers for years, thought they were a single point of failure. But after I reused the same password on 12 accounts and got my email hacked last spring, I gave Bitwarden a shot. What convinced me was the breach report feature that showed exactly which of my passwords were already out there. Has anyone else changed their mind about these tools after getting burned?

3 comments

3 Comments

kelly_craig20d ago

Just a little thing - password managers aren't actually a single point of failure since most use encryption that even they can't crack. Bitwarden's a solid choice though, that breach report feature is what got me to switch too!

jordan_webb20d ago

@kelly_craig says encryption makes it safe, but I still don't trust keeping all my keys in one digital basket.

mary_martin229d ago

Funny enough, @kelly_craig has a point about encryption but people forget that the real risk is someone shoulder-surfing your master password or phishing you for it while you're logged in. Most of those leaks happen because of bad human habits, not the tech itself. The bigger question nobody asks is whether you'd even notice if someone quietly broke into your vault and made off with a few stored logins, you know?