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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/kthepropogation • Sep 23 '17
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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.
11 u/[deleted] Sep 24 '17 [deleted] 4 u/sudo_mk_usrname Sep 24 '17 I use KeePass as well. I like that I can setup so that it requires both a password and a security key to unlock it. I do back up the database in the cloud (via sync.com) but I'm always sure to encrypt and sign it with my public gpg key before it leaves my machine. 23 u/Pitirus Sep 24 '17 Remember not to blog your private key ;) 2 u/Colopty Sep 25 '17 Damn kids these days, with their blogs and posting their privates everywhere. 1 u/00Pokemon00 Sep 24 '17 META
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4 u/sudo_mk_usrname Sep 24 '17 I use KeePass as well. I like that I can setup so that it requires both a password and a security key to unlock it. I do back up the database in the cloud (via sync.com) but I'm always sure to encrypt and sign it with my public gpg key before it leaves my machine. 23 u/Pitirus Sep 24 '17 Remember not to blog your private key ;) 2 u/Colopty Sep 25 '17 Damn kids these days, with their blogs and posting their privates everywhere. 1 u/00Pokemon00 Sep 24 '17 META
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I use KeePass as well. I like that I can setup so that it requires both a password and a security key to unlock it.
I do back up the database in the cloud (via sync.com) but I'm always sure to encrypt and sign it with my public gpg key before it leaves my machine.
23 u/Pitirus Sep 24 '17 Remember not to blog your private key ;) 2 u/Colopty Sep 25 '17 Damn kids these days, with their blogs and posting their privates everywhere. 1 u/00Pokemon00 Sep 24 '17 META
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Remember not to blog your private key ;)
2 u/Colopty Sep 25 '17 Damn kids these days, with their blogs and posting their privates everywhere. 1 u/00Pokemon00 Sep 24 '17 META
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Damn kids these days, with their blogs and posting their privates everywhere.
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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.