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

Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use an alternative to a password mana... by ohthehugemanate on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @10:07AM (#16052211)

What do you do for forced password change requirements?

Does your threat model include anything NOT bulk, ie where a human would see a password and guess the pattern?

Have you tried any of the password managers that have integrations, to automate password changes in case of failure?

Have you ever heard of the security concept of minimizing your attack surface?

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use an alternative to a password mana... by Waterluvian on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @11:55AM (#16053149)

My algorithm gives me flexibility to increment the password. I've had to do this before and almost all the time, I use it enough that I simply remember, "oh this banking site is incremented twice".

I have no opinion on password managers. It's just something I don't want to commit time to. My solution is easy and requires no management on my part. Ie. no software or hardware or anything to maintain.

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