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Bitwarden surveyed 2,400 individuals from the US, UK, Australia, France, Germany, and Japan to investigate current user password practices. The survey shows that 25% of respondents globally reuse passwords across 11-20+ accounts, and 36% admit to using personal information in their credentials publicly accessible on social media (60%) platforms and online forums (30%). These practices reveal a significant gap between recommended security practices and actual user behavior, highlighting how weak password habits and password reuse … More → The post Most people still rely on memory or pen and paper for password management appeared first on Help Net Security.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Not me, I'm dumb make up all my passwords.

Then I write them into a note file on my phone locked behind another password.

I'm sure it's not safe

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You are close though. Get a real password manager and you have them saved plus more security, and convenience on top when entering them in apps etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah I just don't trust a password manager entirely. They get hacked and it's done.

Same as the service where they supposedly requeste all your private information be removed so you don't get scam calls and emails etc anymore.

Probablem with that is its subscription and when you finish paying the subscription I'm sure they would sign you back up

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I second keepass. It's running in at least half the secure environments we all rely on anyway.

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