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Is it a difficult password? Many characters, weird combos, special characters, thrown in? If yes, why would you expect to remember it? Especially after a perio
by coldtea 2y ago
Is it a difficult password? Many characters, weird combos, special characters, thrown in?
If yes, why would you expect to remember it? Especially after a period of no use, like a vacation? (and technically, why isn't it in a password manager?)
If you're 38 you are not a spring chicken anymore, you also probably have stress, a lot on your plate, etc. Some things become harder with age, including keeping a sharp memory. That doesn't mean it's Alzheimers/Dementia. Not to mention the dietary and other factors affecting memory.
If anytime some person forgot their password it was Alzheimers/Dementia, we'd be crawling in Alzheimers/Dementia patients.
- throwaway010125 2y ago> and technically, why isn't it in a password manager? It's the password for the local user account on the laptop. Does a password manager work for that?
- coldtea 2y agoAt least in the sense that you can store it in the manager, and refer to it if you forget it. Doesn't have to be automatically entered to help!
- throwaway010125 2y agoWe are not allowed to store our work-related passwords on third-party password managers.
- coldtea 2y agoI'm not saying that you still could, but you still could... And it's better than the alternative, which is that many people would just write them out somewhere anyway, often in plain text, or pick the simplest ones they are allowed to...
- throwaway010125 2y agoI agree with you. And we have MFA anyway...