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Old 10-22-2021, 05:38 PM
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Anyone here store your log-in info on one of those sites logging in with using one password like Last pass?

How safe are they?

I can't imagine someone hacking in to all you log-in info, I would be SOL
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highly recommended by a security expert in my recently attended seminar. . . it can save you from getting phished by not auto populating a fraudulent site when you are stressed or in a hurry. Also, i am told to research Google and Microsoft authentication as a third party authentication for yourself and your device. . . however, being in the villages many will assume rich and you become a target. . . I seldom tell people the truth about where I am from unless its necessary on a form. . . or its a determined friendly villager. . . I still have checks from 20 years go with an old address on it linked to my current account. . . that will do it.

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Absolutely NOT! Promises Promises unfortunately they all seem to get hacked and the subscribers get notified after damage is done
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Personally, I see the password sites as a prime target for hackers, so I will not use them I have my own method, for almost 100 user names and passwords, and I will not provide any details on a public website.
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I just use an MS Word document to list my passwords. The document has a password required to open it, and it is always available to me on my cloud drive.
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Everything will eventually be hacked with enough time and money. These are too attractive a target
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Thanks for all who replied.
I will avoid them at all cost.
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Thanks for all who replied.
I will avoid them at all cost.
You've decided, but I'll add anyway...

Anytime you're online you're info is at risk, whether you use these 'password managers' or not. But there is a very large tech segment that thinks the top password managers make your login info more protected than if you just manage them all separately by yourself.
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anyone here store your log-in info on one of those sites logging in with using one password like last pass?

How safe are they?

I can't imagine someone hacking in to all you log-in info, i would be sol




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I assume they are pretty safe so I use them for site that have no info on me. For financial sites I use an encrypted spread sheet on my computer.
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Old 11-03-2021, 05:56 PM
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So, you're saying that a Post-it Note on my computer is a bad idea?
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So, you're saying that a Post-it Note on my computer is a bad idea?

Don't laugh, I know people that have done this then walk away from their computer,
and they weren't blonde

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