• NauticalNoodle@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 hour ago

    I had one of these I got it around 15ya but I never used it. I remember liking a particular aspect of it as if I had a specific use-case in which it would be handy but I can’t remember what that was.

    Anyways, I’ve been on the keepass bandwagon through multiple reboots of it’s software lineage along with Keepass2Android and I am satisfied.

  • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    So far the combined might of the Russian, Chinese, American and North Korean hacking teams have been unable to crack the post-it note on my desk.

  • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    PSA: Home use? That’s probably okay. Work use? If you’re in-office, this is a ticking time-bomb that can get you fired, one way or another. Use the company 1password or whatever you have access to, please. Thank you.

  • appropriateghost@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    we might laugh at this but I think this is useful. Even though I wouldn’t use something like this and I’d just use a regular dedicated blank notebook and my password manager, it can be useful to people who have problems with computers and can’t handle a password manager, yet may give pages with good templates to show how to record sensitive information.

    • techdaddyproxy@pawb.socialEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      Or for folks that would be otherwise leaving logins and passwords in a clear text file on their desktop (glares at coworker). It’s still clear text, but at least it’s air gapped. It’s not for me, but it’s certainly for someone.

    • No1@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      My password logbook caught on fire, and half my passwords were burnt. I lost the other half when I threw a bucket of water on it to put the fire out. 😟

      I can’t order food. I can’t buy things. I can’t get money.

      0/5. Send help.

    • Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      9 hours ago

      * for the tech inclined

      Managing sync between mobile and desktop is a bit more complicated than average consumers have the patience for (it’s really not very complicated, average consumers are just impatient)

  • aceshigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    That’s exactly what I use. Chances of my house getting robbed is small. Chances of yet another data breach is very high - this year my data was breached at least 2ce that I remember.

  • oppy1984@lemdro.idEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    I should get this for my dad, he recently got a new computer at best buy and the geek squad told him his files were all in the cloud and sent him home. Guess who got a call the next day because “all my passwords are in a word document in some fucking cloud”. Yeah that was a fun day spent setting up his computer while listening to his rant about the geek squad and “the fucking cloud”… thanks geek squad…

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    My mother using something similar to keep track of her passwords for everything. While I prefer a password manager like Bitwarden or Keepass. I would rather her use a note book like this over something like Google or Apples password managers.

    Or even worse, the same password for everything.

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    I see no issue with this, especially for an elderly person, for example, to keep at home. The only way this will get “breached”, is if someone breaks into her home. At that point, the password book is the least of her concerns anyway. In fact, from a cyber security point of view, this is brilliant if kept in a safe place, such as a locked safety box. You can’t really remotely hack a physical book.

  • ansiz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    Sure, it’s a horrible idea in an open office environment but if someone wants to use this at home for all their passwords it really won’t hurt anything.

    • Ebber@lemmings.worldEnglish
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      7 hours ago

      Especially when helping your parents living in the middle of nowhere.

      Seeing them struggle with the changes happening in the last few decades, makes me worry what I’ll be like when i need some young whippersnapper so that I can pay via personal, irrational, conditional thinking.

      • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        6 hours ago

        makes me worry what I’ll be like when i need some young whippersnapper so that I can pay via personal, irrational, conditional thinking.

        Sometimes I share this fear.

        But then I think - I’m on Lemmy, so I think “I’m still hip to new jazz.”

        But then I remember that Virtual Reality will (probably) be commonplace someday, and something somewhere will require it - and I know in my heart that I’ll complain loudly about it before, during, and after I (demand that my grandchild) use it (for me).

  • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    15 hours ago

    Im guilty of this. I dont write out the passwords in plaintext though. Its mostly just a few letters to remind me of which version of my many “master” passwords i used and then asterisks. P***W0*******$ kinda thing. I know its bad but I can’t bring myself to trust a password manager.

    • MangoCats@feddit.itEnglish
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      15 hours ago

      If you keep the book secure, it’s probably safer than any computer based record system - right up until someone untrustworthy gets their eyes on the book.

      With a physical book, you can store it in a safe deposit box when you don’t need access, make partial copies, copies take (everyone, bad guys and good) significantly longer to make even with a photocopy process… most importantly, people intuitively understand the vulnerabilities of a physical book.

      Now, the physical book won’t stop keyloggers…