I keep seeing people highly recommend them, but I’ve always thought it wasn’t very secure.

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    If you write it on paper, include the same short word on the end of all your passwords that you don’t write down. Password is Hunter2duck but you only write down Hunter2.

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      I write my passwords on paper in code, like my dad taught me to do.

      However, just a personal anectdote, my uncle passed suddenly and he had written all his passwords (not in code) on a spreadsheet with each account, which he then printed. I promise you, this single piece of paper was one of the most helpful things I could’ve asked for in sorting out all of his assets. It was a genuine lifesaver. Now I often think that maybe I should be sharing my password with an S.O. or someone else close to me just to make their life easier if I were to die tomorrow.

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        See you can tell your family the “duck” part. Then anyone that steals the paper still can’t do it.

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        11 days ago

        Unfortunately I see headlines every now and then that whatever password manager was compromised.

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          I mean… Can’t happen if you keep your stuff encrypted like with KeePassXC. Even if someone gets my password database, it’s useless for them since they don’t know how to decrypt it. That’s why I don’t use some online service, though using one of the online services is certainly better than reusing a weak remembered password.