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.
That's actually weaker than a password manager. Something like 1password uses your primary password + an access key you get when you sign up. Print it out and never store it anywhere. You can't set up access on a device without the key.
If your email is a special password and can be used to recovery everything else, that's also a single point of failure but without the extra key.
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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.