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My friend told me to skip the password manager and just write them down
He said it was simpler and more secure than trusting an app. I tried it for about six months, keeping a small notebook in my desk. Last month, I had a pipe burst in my home office and the notebook got soaked, making half the logins unreadable. I spent over two days trying to recover access to my bank and work accounts. Now I use a proper password manager with a backup code printed and stored safely. Has anyone else had a physical backup plan fail on them?
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willowg889d ago
Ugh, classic overthinking a simple fix.
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the_anthony9d ago
Look at it this way, a pipe burst is a pretty wild one-off. Most people's notebooks just sit in a drawer fine for years. My buddy has used a paper list for a decade with zero issues. Sometimes tech just adds another point of failure, like if the app gets hacked or you forget the master password. A little water damage feels like bad luck more than a real reason to call the whole idea bad.
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hugos469d ago
Yeah but "a little water damage" can wipe out years of notes in a second, @the_anthony. A good password manager backs up to the cloud, so even if my phone dies I'm not totally screwed.
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