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> But they don't have the right to extract something from your brain. Most folks store passwords in password managers and don't use their brains to retrieve t
by victor106 2y ago
> But they don't have the right to extract something from your brain.
Most folks store passwords in password managers and don't use their brains to retrieve them.
- SkyPuncher 2y agoBut my password manager locks….requiring something stored in my brain.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y agoDoesn't your password manager use biometrics to unlock though?
- fabrice_d 2y agoNot necessarily. I use bitwarden with a master password to unlock the vault.
- doubled112 2y agoI stick with passphrases so nobody steals my retina or thumb.
- SkyPuncher 2y agoYes, but that’s locked behind an OS level pass screen.
- noahtallen 2y agoWhich is exactly where your passkeys can be stored too. Put them in a password manager like 1Password, disable biometrics, and law enforcement would have to enter a password to access them
- whymauri 2y agopassword managers are growing, but I'm not sure that 'most' people use them. Maybe 'most' software engineers or techies, but the average person probably has no idea what a password manager is.
- rileymat2 2y agoThey may not know the name of a password manager, but many may know their iPhone remembers and fills in passwords.
- yonatan8070 2y agoSame goes for Chrome and Firefox on all platforms
- static_motion 2y agoWhich is an overall terrible idea since passwords saved by browsers are saved in plaintext and are very easy to get to.
- BuyMyBitcoins 2y ago>”the average person probably has no idea what a password manager is.” In my experience, that’s a notebook or piece of scrap paper next to the PC with all their usernames and passwords scribbled on it. That being said, all of the friends and extended family members that I have helped with computer issues have chosen to save several passwords in their browser’s autofill. Yet, none of them knew that they could view and edit these passwords.
- yunwal 2y agoDepends what you consider a password manager. "Word doc with all my passwords in it" is effectively a password manager in this context
- tunesmith 2y agoWhich is a bad idea. Right? That counterpoint defends a bad idea. We should be against the practice of permanently-unlocked password managers, and password managers that are only locked by "something you have". People also create ssh keys with null passwords, but it's also a bad idea and we should be opposed to that.
- imwillofficial 2y agoMost folks do not do this. Although they should be.