It is truly upsetting to see how few people use password managers. I have witnessed people who always use the same password (and even tell me what it is), people who try to login to accounts but constantly can't remember which credentials they used, people who store all of their passwords on a text file on their desktop, people who use a password manager but store the master password on Discord, entire tech sectors in companies locked to LastPass, and so much more. One person even told me they were upset that websites wouldn't tell you password requirements after you create your account, and so they screenshot the requirements every time so they could remember which characters to add to their reused password.
Use a password manager. Whatever solution you think you can come up with is most likely not secure. Computers store a lot of temporary files in places you might not even know how to check, so don't just stick it in a text file. Use a properly made password manager, such as Bitwarden or KeePassXC. They're not going to steal your passwords. Store your master password in a safe place or use a passphrase that you can remember. Even using your browser's password storage is better than nothing. Don't reuse passwords, use long randomly generated ones.
It's free, it's convenient, it takes a few minutes to set up, and its a massive boost in security. No needing to remember passwords. No needing to come up with new passwords. No manually typing passwords. I know I'm preaching to the choir, but if even one of you decides to use a password manager after this then it's an easy win.
Please, don't wait. If you aren't using a password manager right now, take a few minutes. You'll thank yourself later.
Is there manager than create password based on masterpassword and domain/username? Do not want to lose all password just because drive dies. Do NOT want to use cloud anywhere.
backups backups backups.
keep a copy on your computer, your phone, and every spare drive u have in the house. ask a friend to store the file at their place.
also, whats wrong with a cloud provider, if the file is encrypted ?
Cloud can go down, cloud can delete my file, cloud can be hacked and someone try crack encryption (rsa vulnerable to quantum compute in future, maybe similar happen to aes).
There's a few. LessPass is one that has been going a few years.
LessPass and similar software has some problems. Things like you can't simply change your master password, you must then recompute and change every site. It's also not strictly stateless, since you need to know which password iteration you're on and the user name. Full fledged password managers also typically provide other secret management features, like API keys, SSH keys, credit/debit cards, and identity cards.
That's true. But they do give you easy, portable, site specific passwords. No apps or database syncing required.
If you just want to log in to Lemmy on a work computer at lunch it seems a good option to me.
Obviously, it does not store password, only create them.
Then they not password manager, they secret manager. With maybe random key generator.
Syncthing!
I use KeepassXC and sync my DB to my phone/laptop/desktop and backup to my server.
No db, only get password from master and domain/username.
I understand, but to solve the drive death issue, there are existing solutions which are easy and free.
I know, but not answer to question.
If you use a deterministic password manager, make sure you make your master password strong