Why are password managers considered good security practice when they provide a single entry for an attacker to get all of your credentials?
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To add one more important point I haven’t seen yet:
PW managers will prevent you from entering in Out password on a spoofed s
Webpage that looks exactly like the real webpage, but with a different URL.
ELIG answer:
Because, if used correctly, it’s like having all your valuables in a safe, that is inside another safe, that you don’t tell anybody that you even have.
You don’t know if I use a manager, or which one, that uses a huge password you don’t know, that also texts my phone which you don’t have.
The company I work for uses 32 different vendors and software programs that I have to log into.
I log into these programs almost daily. I need to access them to view patient information and lab work.
Using a password manager (while not perfect) is the only way I am going to do this. They all have different password rules and different times to reset your password.
It’s a stupid way to do things. You know though we just absolutely cannot have a socialist medical system. Especially in Florida. That would be stupid.
People want to know why I’m constantly on the computer? I am logging into 32 different accounts just to find your 4 lab results that I need.
It only works if you never store the master password anywhere online and have it memorized or keep it somewhere else. Most people can remember one password instead of thousands for other accounts and websites. Also if you have F2A enabled it makes it safer.
If you used the same password for everything, every account you have would be a single entry for all the others. That means the most important thing is that each has a different password, and those passwords are strong. I have hundreds of accounts. Almost nobody could remember strong, unique passwords for all of them. Yes, the idea of it being a single entry point to all your credentials feels a little scary, but it is better than the alternative, which is weak passwords or many points of entry.
To piggie-back in this – what password manager is the best for cost for a 2 person household?
As this is ELI5:
For similar reasons a Bank is more secure than you saving your various money in pockets, under the bed, in a piggy bank.
Yea the bank is a single place to attack but it is very well guarded.
1. Most people use one single password in many different websites. If any of those sites get hacked they can empty your bank account secured by the same password before you are done drinking your coffee in the morning.
2. With password managers you can use very long and complicated passwords without any effort, 30 characters passwords everywhere is safer.
3. It is easier to secure one safety door than to secure 100 random doors, where you can add many steps of verification and encryption to one password manager, doing the same and tracking 100 pages is a metric ton of work.
4. Password managers entire business is based on security, their encryption and security options generally are top of the line when compared to random websites built by interns with a copy paste.
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