11 ms·
That's why you always 1) store passwords in the password manager, even the ones you think aren't important. 2) backup your data
by imaginenore 10y ago
That's why you always
1) store passwords in the password manager, even the ones you think aren't important.
2) backup your data
- koolba 10y ago> 1) store passwords in the password manager, even the ones you think aren't important. Losing the password that unlocks full disk encryption (FDE) is like losing the password that unlocks your password manager. At some point you have to have something stored only in your mind. Now sure you could have your FDE password stored in a password manager as well but that's probably not a good idea. Also, compared to just about everything else saved in a password manager, you'd have to manually type the FDE password at boot. You can't copy/paste it as if anything your password manager would be running on a different computer.
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- gramasaurous 10y agoUnless you use a hardware password mgr which can emulate a USB keyboard :)
- TillE 10y ago> stored only in your mind A sticky note at home is reasonably safe, unless you're legitimately worried that a dedicated person may target you specifically.
- bigiain 10y agoI have portions of my password safe passphrase stored with certain friends. If I get hit by a bus, those friends will almost certainly work out who each other are and what to do with the snippets they have. (And I "mind" several snippets of passphrase for some of them as well). Not "nation state" secure, but I'm reasonable sure it's well beyond petty thief, curious cow-orker, 4chan/anonymous, or local LEO's capability to subvert.
- aianus 10y agoIt's easy to read off your phone and type at boot if you use a passphrase. You'll probably memorize it anyways after a couple of days.
- colejohnson66 10y agoHow would backing up help? If you back up the encrypted data, then your backup is still useless because you don't have your password. If you back up an unencrypted copy, that defeats the purpose of encryption.
- gruturo 10y agoBacking up the password manager data (provided you did store all passwords in there, and that you don't forget at least the master password) would _definitely_ help in this scenario.
- bArray 10y agoYou could make a encrypted backup with a different password. That way if somebody compromises one drive they still have to work for the other.
- colejohnson66 10y agoBut it's a backup? If you have one copy, you pretty much have the other, right? And that just adds another password you can't forget, lest you lose your data.
- rwmj 10y agoScribbling the passwords in a notebook isn't a bad idea (although don't write "My Passwords" on the front cover). The security of physical things is well understood by most humans.
- chrisper 10y agoJust put the notebook in a safety deposit box.
- gaius 10y agoYou already have a lifetime of training for taking care of small, folding pieces of paper in your wallet.
- zokier 10y agoThat is true only for rapidly decreasing part of the population, especially in certain parts of the world.
- snowwrestler 10y agoThink of it as a small, non-folding piece of plastic in your wallet, then.
- koolba 10y ago> Scribbling the passwords in a notebook isn't a bad idea (although don't write "My Passwords" on the front cover). The security of physical things is well understood by most humans. "Not Passwords" :D
- imh 10y agoI don't write down my most important passwords and they're randomly generated gibberish. About a month back, for whatever reason I just couldn't remember one for a minute and it damned near gave me a heart attack. I think I ought to go with your strategy now.
- manigandham 10y agoOr just remember TWO passwords... it's not that hard.