• virku@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    10 months ago

    Why not both then? Make your own human readable passwords, but do a different one each time and store them in a password vault.

    • NielsBohron@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      10 months ago

      Definitely. I don’t really do anything that is particularly sensitive, so I only have 3-4 standard passwords (that meet the most common complexity criteria) that I separate by how sensitive the information/service is, but if I truly needed more, I would absolutely be using a 3rd party password vault. I just don’t have the need right now, so I haven’t bothered.

      What gets me is the people that don’t know their own passwords, don’t know how/where to look them up, and don’t even understand how to reset their passwords (because they can’t log into their own email). I don’t even know how they function in modern society.

      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        10 months ago

        What gets me is the people that don’t know their own passwords, don’t know how/where to look them up, and don’t even understand how to reset their passwords

        I worked support for a phone manufacturer for a while and helped a lot of poor lost souls struggle to get back into their Google accounts on their new and replacement devices. I got a lot of them in, but some may have never gotten out of authentication hell