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devtesla wrote

Reply to comment by Dogmantra in Beware the Google Password Manager by voxpoplar

The google password manager is particularly bad because it can learn password that you didn't particularly want it to learn.

A third party password manager like 1Password is great, it'll never do something that you didn't want it to do and the design is secure. I've used it for years. Can't vouch for other methods though

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twovests wrote

Yeah, Google is kind of like this unknowable extremely complex eldtritch being that you can't comprehend all at once, has tentacles in all manner of affairs, and is kinda fucked up.

1Password (and other managers!) has a single, solitary focus. I'd expect if it's compromised, it's less of a mistake on their end and more of a new piece of security research. (Or, on a personal level, malware.)

I think security keys are a really good thing and I hope we can all settle on USB C soon so they can be ubiquitous. Physical keys for electronic doors are really easy for almost anybody to understand, even people with no technology knowledge.

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Dogmantra wrote

I getcha, I'm just in that awkward middle ground where I know enough about tech stuff to understand why it's good but not enough to be satisfied that it's secure. I'm probably bein way too cautious about this and not cautious enough about other stuff tho.

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