Do you use a password manager?

[tuqqer]

1Password since the start. But the standalone version. Hate subscriptions with a passion (heating utilities and Netflix aside).

Fascinated to see what Apple's upcoming Passkey will bring and if it'll make 1PW obsolete.

[Robert M]

tuqqer,

I'm using non-subscription 1Password 6.x. Works for the way I use it. Also looking forward to seeing what Apple does with Passkey. Key to passkeys, though, isn't just Apple. All your favorite web sites need to implement it. That could take a while. Kind of like Apple Pay.

Apple released Apple Pay in 2014. Seven years ago. The majority of my favorite stores started supporting it only in the last two or three years. Prior to that, no stores I visited supported it. Even now, many still don't accept it. Annoying.

And, yes, I'm someone who doesn't necessarily think Apple pay is any more convenient than my credit card. I prefer it not for convenient. I prefer it for superior security.

Hopefully, Passkeys will be implemented well and adopted more quickly than Apple Pay.

Robert

[Acer]

I'm looking forward to Passkey, but I think you should be able to choose the body part you use.

[testcase]

mattkime wrote:
[quote=testcase]
I have a 20+ character "Master Base Password that has meaning for me but would NOT make sense to anyone else. :oldfogey:

written down with other important paperwork


Ummm, NO.

Some of the events that are meaningful to ME go back 20+ YEARS. I have NOT written it down with "other important paperwork". I SERIOUSLY DOUBT that even the best hacker would bother to take the time necessary to "guess" the password base, never mind the additions that are added to EACH site that needs a password.

[mattkime]

testcase wrote:
Ummm, NO.

Some of the events that are meaningful to ME go back 20+ YEARS. I have NOT written it down with "other important paperwork". I SERIOUSLY DOUBT that even the best hacker would bother to take the time necessary to "guess" the password base, never mind the additions that are added to EACH site that needs a password.

There's some overlap between "How we might provide our passwords to loved ones when we pass" and "What if I forget my password?"

[rich in distress]

Keychain FTW!!