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Re:"Pwned Passwords" V2 With Half a Billion Passwords by funkymike on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @03:57PM (#16432908)
I've tried to get my mom to use KeePass with limited success. To her having her easily guessable passwords written in a little notebook next to the computer is fine.

I think a prerequisite is getting buy in on the idea that passwords need to be treated like the keys to your house or your bank account numbers.

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Re:"Pwned Passwords" V2 With Half a Billion Passwords by p1necone on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:14PM (#16433030)
As far as I'm concerned writing passwords in a notebook in a draw or something is fine. The easily guessable part not so much. If someone has physical access to your computer in the first place there's lots of things they could do.
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