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How many seconds have you, GP, and a couple of other commenters in this subthread devoted to thinking that maybe people who use password managers for everything
by scrollaway 9y ago
How many seconds have you, GP, and a couple of other commenters in this subthread devoted to thinking that maybe people who use password managers for everything find it not merely secure but also convenient?
I don't know about you but I don't like having to remember passwords. But people here can feel free to impress everyone with their memorized password they use on pizzahut.com, right up until they find out that they reused it somewhere important they totally forgot about because they don't have a convenient database of all the websites they have an account on.
Seriously, this counter-culture of being proud to have shitty passwords is the same mindset that makes antivax and climate science deniers a thing. You want to reuse shitty passwords, nobody is stopping you (I've certainly done it), but don't be proud of it and don't shit on people who care more than you.
- raverbashing 9y agoI'm not talking about password managers (in this case) You should worry about strong passwords, but the point is moot if the rest of the system has other major flaws. See: people who have their security answer as a long hex string, and customer service doesn't check the digits.
- scrollaway 9y agoIt's hard to tell what security answers are used for when you're writing it in. If it's for use with customer support, it should probably be something like "CSR IMPORTANT: DO NOT ACCEPT VAGUE ANSWERS 309c91b10edb2"
- raverbashing 9y agoGood idea! Yeah it's usually for CS and id verification. (It's also a good idea to, if you use correct answers, to not leave them on Fb or other places)