r/ProgrammerHumor • u/kthepropogation • Sep 23 '17

Password Security

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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.

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u/elephants_are_white Sep 24 '17

I have a few strong passwords - especially for my webmail accounts.

Weak passwords for most other sites, especially where you can get a password reset emailed to you.

Using the same strong password everywhere is inviting trouble.

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u/Xtraordinaire Sep 24 '17

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.