> I don't recycle passwords That’s good. I think you’re probably in the minority though. There are other ways unique passwords can be compromised. I see passw

> I don't recycle passwords That’s good. I think you’re probably in the minority though. There are other ways unique passwords can be compromised. I see passwords accidentally entered into IRC windows about once a month. And even if you have perfect discipline at using unique passwords, that’s not something you can enforce on anyone else logging into your machine. Maybe someone will chime in with strategies to run ssh from a wrapper that loads a unique password from a password manager with no risk of reuse or entry into the wrong window, or something. But at that point, your complaint about being locked out without the necessary files would apply—might as well use a key, which is simpler and provides strong security with no rigamarole.