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Password fatigue...
Drez
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Can anyone recommend a good (preferably offline) tool or whatever that I can trust to store all my logins and passwords in? I'm just getting tired of keeping all this stuff in my head. I want to replace that brain space with other things.
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lastpass and 1password are the biggest of the bunch
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Many really like Bitwarden because it's open source (and free). Most popular password managers are generally well received. I bought a 1Password license years ago on a different computer; I should probably look into that again.
Make sure to generate word-based passwords (in the password recipe) if a site's password rules allow it. It's much easier to enter if for some reason you can't auto-fill the password field or paste into it.
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There's also a Linux port, KeePass XC.
KeePass looks good
1Password currently has a 30 day trial for personal users and is only $2.99 after that per month (annually, so $36 for the year).
LastPass looks like it might ultimately be the way to go since it's completely free for personal use with 1 user. I do not need password sharing so...yeah.
I may try them all? Unless they kind of conflict with each other?
Anyone have a recommendation on UI or ease of use comparatively across the three?
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I use MiniKeePass on iOS. It works pretty well, but it won't automatically sync with dropbox. You have to export the changes to MiniKeePass everytime you change the password database somewhere else, likewise changes made on your phone are not automatically sync everywhere else without an export from MiniKeePass.
I also use KeePassXC on linux/mac and regular KeePass on Windows and I have for years. It works really well.
lastpass (and maybe others) also has the nice feature of checking your passwords and reporting on things like duplicate usage, weak strength, haven't changed in a long period of time, etc.
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1Password does that too, and can check if your password has been in a leak through HaveIBeenPwned.
I suggest using one at a time. They all are meant to autoprompt you when you are asked to logged in, and while you can turn the automation off, I find the overlays conflict with one another when running different ones.
I downloaded 1Password to play with it last night. I like that you can store Credit Card info too.
I didn't get to play with it much, but I will at lunch.
If you keep it there is a buy once instead of subscribe option. They just hide it well.
Careful with the 1-time license. It may be different now, but a couple years ago when I bought it, you couldn't use 1Password6 (the latest at the time). You could only use the old version, 1Password4, which they didn't tell you anywhere. I ended up getting a refund because of that.
I actually trust LastPass quite a bit because they quickly and transparently report data breaches.
Also, single-factor authentication (i.e., just using a password) is unfortunately no longer acceptable for high-risk situations like access to your financial accounts. You should always be using another form of authentication that is out-of-band (i.e., can't be accessed via the password manager, such as your phone or an RSA token) to ensure that even if someone knows your password, they still can't log in to your account.