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Re:Password Rules Are Bullshit by jondubois on Friday March 10, 2017 @10:09AM (#13839122)
Most of my accounts use my low-security password, I don't care much if they all get compromised. I only use my high-security password on 1 site.

Password managers are horrible - Whenever I change machines, I could never remember all my passwords and I certainly don't want to store my passwords in the cloud.

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Re:Password Rules Are Bullshit by TillE on Friday March 10, 2017 @12:33PM (#13840310)
> I certainly don't want to store my passwords in the cloud

But you're not. You're storing an encrypted blob in the cloud. You just need a good master password and a password manager that isn't broken.

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Re:Password Rules Are Bullshit by relaytheurgency on Friday March 10, 2017 @04:33PM (#13842318)
I wonder why people still think that their passwords are stored on the external site. It's explained on the "how this works" or whatever for most services like LastPass.
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Re:Password Rules Are Bullshit by jonknee on Friday March 10, 2017 @11:40AM (#13839858)
> Password managers are horrible - Whenever I change machines, I could never remember all my passwords and I certainly don't want to store my passwords in the cloud.

1Password can sync locally which is a nice plus:

https://support.1password.com/wlan-server/

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Re:Password Rules Are Bullshit by drdeadringer on Friday March 10, 2017 @02:13PM (#13841166)
Why not use a password manager on a USB stick?
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