Ask HN: Does anyone use an alternative to a password manager?

Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use an alternative to a password mana... by saflkdeating on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @09:04AM (#16051861)

I do basically the same thing, and have for years also. My only frustration with this is that with some sites, due to arcane password restrictions, the algorithm either isn't implementable, or is only implementable in such a way I won't remember. So 90% of the time the strategy works great, and in 10% of the time it fails due to idiosyncracies of the sites involved.

I hate the stupid restrictions sites place on passwords. There should be almost no restrictions.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use an alternative to a password mana... by dpc94 on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @09:29AM (#16051983)

I have the same issue. My full password is over 20 characters, but some websites restrict to less than that or don't accept the special character that I use.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use an alternative to a password mana... by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @10:48AM (#16052494)

I take that as a warning sign not to use such a site.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use an alternative to a password mana... by ythn on Friday January 05, 2018 @05:24PM (#16082296)

re: most banks

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use an alternative to a password mana... by Zekio on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @09:55AM (#16052129)

I have the exact same issue, mine also being over 20 characters which used to be above the length limit on a Microsoft account used to be 16 characters, so glad they changed that

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