Re:Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager
by miskin on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @12:54PM
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So you would effectively have 2 passwords reused across all sites?
1. If any of that site is compromised, 50% of your sites will be quickly owned due to password reuse with same username.
2. If someone will get hold of two of your unencrypted strings, they own 100% of your accounts.
- You may solve #1 by creating new password for each site.
- You may solve #2 by encrypting the file.
Voila, you just created your own password manager.
Designate the first to "heads" and the second to "tails". Every time you're prompted to login with a password, flip a coin and enter that designated password. If it fails, then enter the second password.
For those interested in basic cryptography, feel free to point out the major and obvious flaw in this approach.