What do you use to manage your passwords?
What do you use to manage your passwords? Should I just a password manager?
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In terms of password management, that's a pretty big discussion but the short version is: I don't personally like password managers due to
A: it's too tempting to allow that program to generate its' own very complicated passwords then you have to 100% rely on that program.
B: if you forget your master password, it's over. Days of rebuilding your database.
C: they usually involve subscriptions. I don't like paying for yet another subscription to something.
D: You have to assume the software developer will continue to stay in business.
Instead, I prefer having a 5 column spreadsheet that can be password protected.
Account, user, password, additional info like account number, last time verified.
It's a little oldschool but I've gone through too many situations where clients used password managers and things went south.
In any case, I don't rely on Chrome or keychain to be the only place where my passwords are stored. I still want to have a spreadsheet with all data.
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Do you use something like Excel for your spreadsheet, and password protect it?
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Yes. Either excel or Numbers (Apple’s version of excel). Both have very simple and very strong encryption. Just DON’T FORGET THE MASTER PASSWORD.
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In terms of password management, that's a pretty big discussion but the short version is: I don't personally like password managers due to
A: it's too tempting to allow that program to generate its' own very complicated passwords then you have to 100% rely on that program.
B: if you forget your master password, it's over. Days of rebuilding your database.
C: they usually involve subscriptions. I don't like paying for yet another subscription to something.
D: You have to assume the software developer will continue to stay in business.
Instead, I prefer having a 5 column spreadsheet that can be password protected.
Account, user, password, additional info like account number, last time verified.
It's a little oldschool but I've gone through too many situations where clients used password managers and things went south.
In any case, I don't rely on Chrome or keychain to be the only place where my passwords are stored. I still want to have a spreadsheet with all data.
___________
Do you use something like Excel for your spreadsheet, and password protect it?
___________
Yes. Either excel or Numbers (Apple’s version of excel). Both have very simple and very strong encryption. Just DON’T FORGET THE MASTER PASSWORD.
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