1password type sites (laptops, desktops, server, work)
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Using non-local password management makes you dependent upon:
A) Network access
B) A third party to store and mediate your access to your own passphrases
C) Faith that the third party's security will not ever be breached and/or leak your passphrases
If you're going to use a password manager, I would caution you to use one which is stored and run locally on your own infrastructure.
Better yet, devise a system that you can use to generate passphrases which vary depending on the site or service it applies to. Something that you can do in your head or maybe with just the assistance of pencil and paper.
Having the manager in the cloud is the way to go. Got a fire at your house and your server becomes toast? So does your account access.
There is ONE place I would trust beyond the others. Proton Mail and its unlimited plan.
ofc have off site backups. But also my recommendation was to use a system for mental storage.
So, with the fire analogy, if your own organic brain burned up in that house fire then you've got much bigger problems that forgotten passphrases. lmfao
"I want to do a thing"
Yelling At Birds: "Don't be a sheep, do a different thing, trust no one, do everything locally after you get your degree to actually figure it out because I won't take the time to actually help you".
No offense bro, but you rarely seriously offer any real help around here.
@OP: 1Password is good. So is Lastpass. Personally I use Bitwarden.
Bitwarden has a FREE tier that allows you to share your 'vault' with one other person like a spouse. This is a HUGE advantage to somethng like this versus
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I use the password manager built into the Chrome browser. Never found a need to pay for a password manager.
I use both, but having all the family passwords in ONE location is a HUGE help.
The pay tier of $40 a year is for families and you can share with 6 people.
100% encrypted and to date Bitwarden has never had a successful breach or attack (Last Pass had one, caused no serious issues but....).
ofc have off site backups. But also my recommendation was to use a system for mental storage.
So, with the fire analogy, if your own organic brain burned up in that house fire then you've got much bigger problems that forgotten passphrases. lmfao
You have clearly never experienced "What the heck did I walk into this room for?"
I sort of morph a cloud solution and a local solution....
I use KeePass/StrongBox. The DB is in an encrypted container residing on Google Cloud. And MFA'd through Yubikey. Depending on which product/tier you use, autofill within a browser can be native, or through a browser plug-in.
Probably not as seamless as LastPass or 1Password. But I've been using keepass (or its variants) for over two decades... so no need for change in my case.
The solution is fundamentally free. I upgraded to a pay version for some of the convenience (and the MFA functionality).
I used a variation of Keeppass for years. But when wife and I decided to consolidate passwords, I needed an easier solution.
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