• oatmilkmaid@possumpat.io
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    Bitwarden all day every day. I don’t even know any of my passwords because they’re all randomly generated. Try to guess my password now hacker man

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        Is there a legitimate reason to use 20 characters over 16? Genuinely asking. Bitwarden considers them both “strong”, taking centuries to crack.

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          1 year ago

          Well the more characters you have the higher the entropy of the password and the harder it would be to crack. So when you don’t have to remember the password yourself there’s no reason not to use a very long password if the service you’re using allows it.

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            1 year ago

            Except no one cracks passwords. Vast majority of hacks is through social networking and trojans. The days of password cracking are long over especially considering most services lock you out after several failed attempts.

            The main argument for using a password manager is so you can have a different password for every service. This way if they manage to obtain one password they can’t access everything.

            It also makes rotating passwords a lot easier so that way you’re not using the same password forever. If your password gets out hopefully it’s changed before they use it.

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              Offline password cracking is still very much a thing. They steal the entire password database then crack it offline at their leisure, not live against the regular login.

              Several measures are required to defend against this:

              • Hash seeds defend against rainbow tables.
              • Password length & complexity as well as using computationally-intensive hash algorithms defend against the brute-force cracking.
              • Password managers help with length and complexity, sad well as promote not reusing passwords.
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      1 year ago

      I use Bitwarden!! It’s great cause I have a long complicated password to access the vault (my phone will do it by fingerprint though) but it’s the only password I need to actually memorize. Don’t know how someone can be secure without one nowadays, way too many services

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    1 year ago

    KeePassXC here. Locally encrypted, Locally stored, cloud backup of an encrypted file, synced with SyncThing to mobile devices. I will never trust nor recommend a cloud based manager with all the breaches.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, KeePassXC + SyncThing all day every day. Can’t in good conscience trust someone else with my sensitive data, even if I encrypt it before it gets to their servers. My database is keys-to-the-kingdom level shit.

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      Oh yeah, someone, finally :D KeepassXC on PC, KeepassDX on Android, Syncthing for synchronization. I like when my password is just one file, that I can easily backup, not some cloud thing 🙂

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    Everyone should be using a password manager. Every service should have a different password (and some service should have several passwords) and it’s impossible for the average person to keep track of all of those. Every time I hear about someone losing control of an account it’s because they were using the same password as another service.

    I recommend:

    • KeePassDX: Can be completely offline. Probably the most secure but can be a little awkward to use sometimes.
    • Bitwarden: Cloud based but open source. You could run a server but the main service offers MOST of the features for free.

    Your mileage may very with some of the proprietary platforms. However my job uses 1 Password and it seems to be fairly safe.

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    Not using a password manager (be it digital or simply a paper notebook) is just asking for a breach or getting hacked.

    No one can remember the amount and complexity of passwords that are needed to live a secure digital live.

    Every service/account you register for years now and couldn’t live without it. I’ve set up a paper notebook for my mother and that works too.

    But reusing passwords or using too short or insecure passwords is the number one reason why people get hacked or stuff gets leaked and stolen.

    As a side note: a secure password doesn’t have to include weird characters. Just make it long. Everything with 32 letters and numbers or longer will be super secure for a while. And because your password manager takes of it, you don’t even notice.

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    A password manager is an absolute must, in my opinion! I use Bitwarden and love it.

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    Yes, do it! Now! It’s the safest way, but only by choosing the right and trusted ones. Examples:

    • The expensive but good one: 1Password
    • The free, geeky and difficult one for normal users: Keepass.
    • The simple and free and beloved one: Bitwarden
    • The don’t try it ever because they will leak your data: Lastpass.
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    One of the best decisions - software wise - I made was to switch from Lastpass to Bitwarden. Never going back!

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    Password manager-less life with notebooks and reused passwords is life in the stone age. If you or anyone you know isn’t using one, get on bitwarden.

    Everyone knows why password manageras are absolutely essential, but here’s an often neglected perk: I can list every site I ever signed up to. Wanna delete some old accounts? “Did you sign up to X yet?” Simples.

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    I know a lot of people are saying Bitwarden, but I’ve been using 1Password for 4 years and Bitwarden just isn’t a viable replacment.

    1Password looks much more modern and their organizational tools are not present at all in Bitwarden. I can’t even sort by date created or modified in Bitwarden.

    Not using a password manager is like not having locks on a house. Everyone should have one and if you don’t, you’re risking a lot of valuable stuff being taken from you.

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    In general, password managers are a must-have in today’s world. The question is not if you should have one, but which one and why.

    As a Software Engineer very conscious about security and privacy, but also with a high practicality sense, I’d say you should opt for whatever you feel more comfortable.

    If you don’t want to manage anything, then 1password, BitWarden, LastPass or any of those might be right for you. If you are more of the kind to tinker with everything, then you can have your own OwnCloud/NextCloud and use KeePassXC.

    I particularly used the later setup, but NextCloud was too much to handle for me, and settled with KeePassXC + Dropbox.

    You do you, but use a password manager.