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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The good part is you dont have to trust them when they are open source (and you are able to understand the code or trust that others have examined the code and trust it).
Now as to why a good pw manager cant sell your passwords or lose them to a hack is because they dont have your passwords. They only have the encrypted passwords. Now if you can trust apple or someother company that isnt open source is a diffrent question. But to note if apple realy wanted to get your passwords they could get them anytime you type them in on your iPhone it doesnt matter if you save them or not, so if you dont trust them with that you shouldnt be using an iPhone or any non open source OS for that matter.
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