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Not exactly. I need to have those offsite, but they are not modified at the same frequency as passwords.

Telaneo 8mo ago
How often do your change your passwords? Assuming they are decently long and all that, why would you change them at all other than when a site gets breached? The only reason my Keepass database changes is because I make new accounts on sites every now and then, and that's a fairly rare thing these days. And if I get so ungodly unlucky that my house burns down before my off-site database is updated to have that new account listed, I'll still have access to the email that account is associated with, so I can still recover the account either way.
- fullstop 8mo ago
  Every time I add an account, for one. And there's still plenty of (dumb) sites which force me to change my password and sometimes username periodically. Keeping an offsite database in sync is tedious, especially if it's delivered via sneakernet.
  - Telaneo 8mo ago
    I add an account to that database maybe twice a year, probably less. Do you make a lot more accounts than that? The off-site solution I have updates a lot more often than that, although that's only because only the really important stuff is backed up in that way; the stuff I truly need to survive my house burning down.
    - fullstop 8mo ago
      I take it that you don't have children? I'm almost done with that aspect of my life now, but every school year it feels like there's a new slate of apps, parent communication portals, etc. I need to manage these as well. It's way more often than twice a year for me. And it's accelerating.
      - Telaneo 8mo ago
        I don't, and now I have yet another reason not to.
wps 8mo ago
Fair enough, but it’s genuinely super easy to have a regular copy of your password manager saved in the cloud. You can also have a less frequently updated version stored somewhere physical that isn’t your house. My house burning down has never been a concern for me, as I’ve taken the proper precautions for my data.

How often do your change your passwords? Assuming they are decently long and all that, why would you change them at all other than when a site gets breached? The only reason my Keepass database changes is because I make new accounts on sites every now and then, and that's a fairly rare thing these days. And if I get so ungodly unlucky that my house burns down before my off-site database is updated to have that new account listed, I'll still have access to the email that account is associated with, so I can still recover the account either way.

fullstop 8mo ago
Every time I add an account, for one. And there's still plenty of (dumb) sites which force me to change my password and sometimes username periodically. Keeping an offsite database in sync is tedious, especially if it's delivered via sneakernet.
- Telaneo 8mo ago
  I add an account to that database maybe twice a year, probably less. Do you make a lot more accounts than that? The off-site solution I have updates a lot more often than that, although that's only because only the really important stuff is backed up in that way; the stuff I truly need to survive my house burning down.
  - fullstop 8mo ago
    I take it that you don't have children? I'm almost done with that aspect of my life now, but every school year it feels like there's a new slate of apps, parent communication portals, etc. I need to manage these as well. It's way more often than twice a year for me. And it's accelerating.
    - Telaneo 8mo ago
      I don't, and now I have yet another reason not to.

wps 8mo ago

Fair enough, but it’s genuinely super easy to have a regular copy of your password manager saved in the cloud. You can also have a less frequently updated version stored somewhere physical that isn’t your house. My house burning down has never been a concern for me, as I’ve taken the proper precautions for my data.