I‘d not consider myself technologically unsavvy but I can‘t really understand how a password managing app on my phone can keep my passwords safe?
By that I don‘t mean what kind of encryption technology is used, I just can‘t believe that I really CAN trust a company not giving/selling all my passwords (or losing them to a hack).
That‘s also the reason why I never use apples pw manager for example.
Am I overly cautious? Is it safe to store my passwords in a pw manager app?
Maybe someone that understands the technology/encryption behind such apps can help me
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So, pretty much any good password manager won’t actually store your vulnerable passwords on their servers. What they’ll keep on their servers are the encrypted passwords for all your websites, but those passwords are useless unless a hacker has the decryption key (also commonly referred to as the Master Password) which is stored on *your* device (or in your head).
So say hypothetically that this password manager *is* unethical or lazy and they sell your data/get hacked. What the recipient will have are a bunch of encrypted passwords that are useless in their current state, and possibly even the encryption method. None of that will still give the hacker access to your accounts until they manage to get their hands on your decryption key or master password, which (hopefully), you’re good about protecting.
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