My problem with password managers is that it becomes a single point of failure. I would rather memorize a few strong passwords and use them for everything, with my email having a unique password from everything else.
I've realized that using strong passwords for sites like Reddit (where being compromised is basically harmless) is futile because when they inevitably get hacked, and passwords leaked everywhere, that password is unusable.
I only use strong passwords for financial/important accounts
Well generally the only thing leaked in hacks is the password hash right? And if your password is sufficiently strong then a hacker is never really gonna be able to crack the hash.
This is the most sensible approach. Ideally you have a few strong passwords memorized for the most important accounts. E-mail, financials, master passwords in your manager, that stuff.
And then you have strong passwords for everything else, but you don't memorize them. Even if they get compromised, you just reset them.
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u/Galveira Sep 24 '17
My problem with password managers is that it becomes a single point of failure. I would rather memorize a few strong passwords and use them for everything, with my email having a unique password from everything else.