How are password storing systems so secure? I’m hesitant to put all of my passwords to everything in a single place, but they are widely regarded as safe. How come they are supposedly harder to hack than a password on an individual website?

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I’m really hesitant to use one because I feel like if someone gets access to it then my entire life would be exposed, but I’ve been told that’s essentially “impossible” and I’ve often seen them endorsed by computer security experts and people who know what they’re talking about.

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Answer 1

I’m guessing you’re talking about password managers?

You don’t have to fully trust them, you can always [salt your important passwords](https://passwordbits.com/salting-passwords/).

The password for the website: **FhGrurf?>e4bacon**

The password you keep in your password manager: **FhGrurf?>e4**

Bacon is the salt, enter it before you sign in. This way if someone got in your password manager they would not know the whole password.