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>I can't remember them all I can't remember most of my passwords, if I could that would be a serious security issue. Password managers are a must in this day a

by f2n 9y ago

>I can't remember them all I can't remember most of my passwords, if I could that would be a serious security issue. Password managers are a must in this day and age.

monk_e_boy 9y ago
So you turn up at a new school, they give you a temporary user name, password. You use this to get into the PC, then you use another teachers password to get into google classroom to read the lesson plan. Then I use my own to get into my work email, then my personal one to get into messenger to talk to my child care dude. A password manager is just another point of friction.
- matt_the_bass 9y ago
  Please do not take this as a critique, just curiosity: What type of background brings you to HN? I’m surprised that you find PW managers friction if you are a HN trader. Can you share what you don’t like about PW managers? Note getting my boss to use a PW manager is like pulling teeth. But she does not have interest in things like HN and a PW Manager could solve some of her it problems almost every week, saving her (and me) time.
  - monk_e_boy 9y ago
    I'm a coder, coded for 25 years. Switched to teaching. Password managers are a hack while we wait for passwords to go. Every year I think that this is the last year I'll need passwords, there will be a gadget or something that solves this issue. Never happens. How does a password manager work on a random PC in a random school? It doesn't solve my issue. So I don't use it. On my personal PC chrome remembers my passwords, or the camera just recognises me. On my phone the thumb pad recognises me. On my tablet I have to remember the passwords. How can a password manager log me into my phone, my tablet, my SO's laptop, my kids kindles, my bosses PC, a random tablet at school, etc etc If you move between devices and live in gmail, google classrooms, facebook, messenger, school intranets, SIMs.NET etc etc etc
    - matt_the_bass 9y ago
      Thank you for the detailed explaination. This makes your previous comment much more understandable. I concur, that password managers are not that convenient when switching between random computers. In those cases, I use my phone as the manager and set easy to type diceword passwords for accounts which require mobility. Not as easy as a native chrome plug in, but (for me at least) I only use a few accounts when using random computers.

by f2n 9y ago

>I can't remember them all I can't remember most of my passwords, if I could that would be a serious security issue. Password managers are a must in this day and age.

monk_e_boy 9y ago

So you turn up at a new school, they give you a temporary user name, password. You use this to get into the PC, then you use another teachers password to get into google classroom to read the lesson plan. Then I use my own to get into my work email, then my personal one to get into messenger to talk to my child care dude. A password manager is just another point of friction.

matt_the_bass 9y ago
Please do not take this as a critique, just curiosity: What type of background brings you to HN? I’m surprised that you find PW managers friction if you are a HN trader. Can you share what you don’t like about PW managers? Note getting my boss to use a PW manager is like pulling teeth. But she does not have interest in things like HN and a PW Manager could solve some of her it problems almost every week, saving her (and me) time.
- monk_e_boy 9y ago
  I'm a coder, coded for 25 years. Switched to teaching. Password managers are a hack while we wait for passwords to go. Every year I think that this is the last year I'll need passwords, there will be a gadget or something that solves this issue. Never happens. How does a password manager work on a random PC in a random school? It doesn't solve my issue. So I don't use it. On my personal PC chrome remembers my passwords, or the camera just recognises me. On my phone the thumb pad recognises me. On my tablet I have to remember the passwords. How can a password manager log me into my phone, my tablet, my SO's laptop, my kids kindles, my bosses PC, a random tablet at school, etc etc If you move between devices and live in gmail, google classrooms, facebook, messenger, school intranets, SIMs.NET etc etc etc
  - matt_the_bass 9y ago
    Thank you for the detailed explaination. This makes your previous comment much more understandable. I concur, that password managers are not that convenient when switching between random computers. In those cases, I use my phone as the manager and set easy to type diceword passwords for accounts which require mobility. Not as easy as a native chrome plug in, but (for me at least) I only use a few accounts when using random computers.