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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You probably have a lot of different accounts online for things like shopping, banking, subscriptions, etc. Each of those accounts needs a password. Most people will come up with one password that they can remember and use the same password for every account
But, sometimes the companies that you have accounts with don’t do a great job of keeping your password secret. And if one of them messes up, now the password for all of your accounts isn’t a secret anymore!
Most people will make up passwords that aren’t very strong either, because weak passwords are usually easier to remember. If you use your birthday or the name of a family member, these passwords aren’t very hard to guess, especially for a computer who can make lots of guesses very quickly
A password manager helps you to fix both of these problems. With a password manager you can come up new strong passwords that are different for each account you have and you don’t have to worry about remembering them. So you can have a password that looks like this: `!DzWifTKNkrNJN$&Y5M%` for one website and this `HXf^N52S5S@up*@L9Z8!` for another website
The only password you need to remember is for your password manager. And luckily there is a neat trick to have a password that is easy to remember but still pretty hard to guess. It’s called Dice Word and it looks like this: `flyable-bootie-overrule-boots-easing`
Also, you can use 2 factor authentication to keep your password manager secure, which is a fancy way of saying that in addition to your password, you also need to have access to something you own to log in like your phone or a special USB key
I use a different password manager from One Password, but I find they have some of the best communication on what a password manager does, why it’s important to have one, and other ways to understand digital security. So I would recommend checking out their website if you want to read more: https://1password.com/password-manager/
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