[ELI5] Why are online “password lockers” considered secure?

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It seems to me (hence this question), that storing all your passwords online and accessing them with a single “unlock” password would be extremely dangerous. If the locker service is itself hacked, then the hackers will have ALL your passwords for the price of getting one password.

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Normal websites store your passwords. So if the database gets leaked it has everyone’s passwords.

Password managers use whats called zero access encryption, which means all of your data is encrypted using your master password, so the password is not stored anywhere and you can’t decrypt the data without it, which is why your password has to be long, complex, and most importantly not reused. Also avoid lastpass, because they store your master password.

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