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I've been using password managers (KeePass, in my case) for about a year and all I can think is, why I didn't start using them earlier. It is cheaper to generat

I've been using password managers (KeePass, in my case) for about a year and all I can think is, why I didn't start using them earlier. It is cheaper to generate a long, random password using alphanumerical and special characters than trying to think a clever yet memorable unique password by myself, and probably more secure. Plus, it's true that you end up storing other sensible things that are not passwords, such as API or recovery keys, because it's acts like a vault.

macintux 9y ago
Password managers are indeed a dramatic quality-of-life boost. Social security numbers for important family members, software license keys...one stop shopping for any sensitive or easily-misplaced information in my life.
zokier 9y ago
> Plus, it's true that you end up storing other sensible things that are not passwords, such as API or recovery keys, because it's acts like a vault. I think this is one aspect that gets often overlooked. Keepass especially is pretty flexible for storing all sorts of small things that you feel like needing extra security and want to carry with you. Any entry in Keepass can have arbitrary key-value pairs in addition to the common fields, and if that is not enough you can also embed/attach files into the entry. For Windows especially Keepass also can store ssh-keys and function as half-decent ssh-agent.