Why is a password manager a good idea? If someone gets the password to the password manager account, they have access to all my accounts.
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Web sites are hacked all of the time ([haveibeenpwned.com](https://haveibeenpwned.com)). Your password on at least one site is probably circulating the dark web as we speak, and it’s only a matter of time before someone tries the same username and password on more interesting sites to see if they can get in. Password managers foil this kind of hack.
Unless you re-use your password manager password elsewhere, you’re pretty safe, but you’re right that this is now a much more valuable password, so use a long one, don’t reuse it, and don’t type it into a fake web site by mistake.
Double up with 2factor (security keys ideally and avoid sms) on accounts you really care about. That way even if they steal your password they still can’t get in.
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