[Shop-talk] password lmanager software

[alfuller194 at gmail.com]

I use BitWarden, which I find fairly easy to use. It will store passwords, other sensitive info and passkeys (when and especially IF they ever gain traction beyond the walled gardens various companies have set up). 

 

I used LastPass for many years, but they were hacked and refused to come clean about it. Then they were hacked again and a copy of everyone’s password vaults were lost – all the while the company again refused to come clean until independent security researchers outed them. That wouldn’t be so bad **IF** there had been robust encryption protecting them on the server side, but alas… People’s vaults have been decrypted – starting with the high-value accounts like crypto-currency wallets, etc – leading to massive losses for those folks and massive waste of time for the rest of us who had to go through our logins and change the passwords again. I currently have 485 logins and 100 secure notes in my vault, and shudder to think about having to go in and try to reset any substantial portion of them. Again.

 

Either way, using any of the major password managers to generate long, strong passwords is way, way better than using passwords you can remember!

 

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All the best,

 

Al Fuller

 

From: Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of john niolon
Sent: Friday, July 5, 2024 9:21 AM
To: shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Shop-talk] password lmanager software

 

shop content... my tool inventory and all my shop related stuff is on my pc.

 

I looking into password manager software and am as dumb as a rock...

 

I need cheap... easy to use.... low maintenance... ability for a elder to use

 

recommendations ??

 

john

 

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