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Re:Not Getting Hacked by xcdzvyn on Friday December 23, 2022 @03:32AM (#34103546)
Hard disagree. The problem with Lastpass being pwned was Lastpass being Lastpass. Put your passwords in a password manager, don't put your passwords on the internet in The Cloud™.

> You're overestimating people's ability to create strong master password and the efforts needed in cracking a password.

Okay - so we're establishing that many people use insecure passwords. Password managers mitigate this risk completely by generating incredibly secure passwords - however, people may use an insecure master password.

> I'd rather be very specific in suggesting password managers, use them only for non-critical services.

And your proposed solution is for people to use NO secure passwords, but to use their poor password creation abilities on every site they use.

This only leads to people using insecure passwords _everywhere_, rather than in one, local file, which is far less likely to be attacked.

Re:Not Getting Hacked by darkwater on Friday December 23, 2022 @03:56AM (#34103693)
> Put your passwords in a password manager, don't put your passwords on the internet in The Cloud™.

Which doesn't work well in a multi-devices landscape as the one we live in for many people (even if not the majority, because the majority probably just owns and uses a smartphone).

Re:Not Getting Hacked by albuic on Friday December 23, 2022 @12:19PM (#34108293)
It works well for me, you just need to synchronize your password manager's file once in a while. Are you really creating that many accounts ? And you can use anything even cloud providers to easily synchronize the single file.

I don't use cloud password managers, history has shown it is too risky.

Re:Not Getting Hacked by xcdzvyn on Saturday December 24, 2022 @03:04AM (#34114956)
Syncthing has never failed me for this.
Re:Not Getting Hacked by devdiary on Friday December 23, 2022 @09:34AM (#34106225)
That's what I meant to say - don't put your critical services passwords in one cloud password manager