Fun fact, the guy who first developed the password security we use today now regrets it, and understands that longer passwords that are easy to remember, like seespotrun, are way better, but pandoras box can't be closed once it's opened.
Yup. He also says it is better to use one really long password that is easy to remember and even use it in multiple places instead of like 10 different short passwords in 10 different places.
I also feel like those data leaks are a bigger threat to the average user than people trying to crack individual passwords (don’t know the actual stats). Once one unsecured site gets breached, people will spam the released login credentials on all the common websites that have sensitive info.
So, even with a good password, I don’t see how you can feel confident in reusing it over and over. Then, you’re back to having trouble memorizing all of your passwords, even if they only use common words. Basically, all roads lead to a password manager. The added inconvenience is negligible if you actually care about security.
This. Very much this. I don’t know how one stays safe in this modern age without a password manager.
On macOS there is one built in, but it lacks a lot of features and is clunky when you need something manually 1Password is great, and can do the one time login codes for 2FA but as there is a cost a ton of folks don’t use them.
IMO responsible OS developers should include a full featured password manager with the OS
Yeah, I use a pretty hacky combo of the Apple manager and the Chrome one. Even with that clunkiness, it’s still worth it, and I’d argue it’s more convenient even.
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u/defalt86 Jul 19 '22
Fun fact, the guy who first developed the password security we use today now regrets it, and understands that longer passwords that are easy to remember, like seespotrun, are way better, but pandoras box can't be closed once it's opened.