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> back those passkeys up to paper Is writing down passwords something people do? I have countless passwords saved over >20 years and I don’t think I’ve ever re
by no-name-here 3mo ago
> back those passkeys up to paper
Is writing down passwords something people do? I have countless passwords saved over >20 years and I don’t think I’ve ever recorded one to paper. I even checked a couple of popular password management solutions and they don’t seem to have “print” functionality.
- cwillu 3mo agoIt is absolutely a thing people do. Google even offers a convenient printout as a way to provide account recovery.
- syntheticnature 3mo agoYes, this is extremely common, both as a continuity means and/or as a localized password manager. Know someone who uses a Rolodex for hers, which is funny and yet it works. Doesn't work well in office environments, but at home the local threat model is largely fine with this.
- malfist 3mo agoThe passphrase to my bitwarden database is in my will. And a bitlocker decryption key is right beside it.
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- tekla 3mo agoIt is what the vast majority of people do.
- NetMageSCW 3mo agoI doubt if that’s true since the vast majority of people no longer have printers. Not even the vast majority of online people.
- Telaneo 3mo agoYes. Old people constantly do it, since they have no hope of remembering 15 passwords. Sometimes, they can barely remember 1 (one). I've written down one: the master password for my Keepass database, along with instructions on how to get to and open that file. It's in a 'open if I'm no longer alive' envelope.
- JohnFen 3mo ago> Is writing down passwords something people do? Yes, it's pretty common.
- 7402 3mo agoYes: Paranoid password printing with a Raspberry Pi https://7402.org/blog/2020/paranoid-password-printing-pi.html