Brain-based management is getting too exhausting, and isn't even fully possible with a larger quantity of online accounts.

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[–] 4 points 8 hours ago

Keepassxc/keepassdx, synced with syncthings/basicsync.

Using a headscale/tailscale setup so things stay synced even when i am not home.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 hours ago

    nice try hax0r

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    To further this, if you actually move over to any password manager please regenerate all of your duplicate passwords with something 20+ characters. It’s almost pointless to have a PW Manager if you’re using the same weak password everywhere.

    Make a new strong password for your master password too; I’d recommend a phrase of four moderately long words like “BattleshipMonitorPaintingPrinter” and perhaps a little postit note doodle drawing to remember it until it’s hammered home.

    Alternatively, writing down the master password somewhere secure, like in a safe, would also be good if you have to pass on important accounts to descendants.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 14 hours ago

    That's my reason for wanting to switch to a password manager. Everything gets some long random string that would be insane to type anyway. Or using passkeys, if supported, though I'll have to research how that works.

    My biggest problem is backups. I like the method of Aegis authenticator. It just stores some number of past (encrypted) databases. Each change is a new file. This way rsync takes care of both backups and version control. If I accidentally rsync a corrupted file, it doesn't matter much. And I can verify them with Rhash, just like all files that don't change (like photos).

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  • [–] 5 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

    BitWarden and a self hosted VaultWarden

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  • [–] 3 points 9 hours ago

    Remember the password to my email. Create account on site. Log in and remain logged in. When eventually logged out click forgot password. Log into email and click reset link.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

    A few years ago I set up KeepassXC using Syncthing temporarily to sync the database across all my devices. I fully expected to have to move to Nextcloud for database file management.

    The KeepassXC / Syncthing combination has worked so well that I have no reason to change it. The databases are seamlessly synced across all devices (including my phone) without requiring any attention from me. Database issues due to multiple device use are almost nonexistent.

    One note: For me Syncthing works much better with multiple devices using a star topology. When I initially set up a mesh configuration I had regular file sync issues. With a star topology they are very rare.

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    Syncthing-fork from Fdroid.

    There were some repository ownership questions a few months back that were ironed out. In addition, Fdroid vets apps far better than Google ever has so I'm comfortable with the app's security.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 hours ago

    iOS password manager.

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    I moved away from Bitwarden because they removing values from their motto and some other shady stuff. I chose to go with AliasVault, it has a pretty nice alias email feature.

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    Vaultwarden - self hosted bitwarden server that any bitwarden clients can connect to.

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  • [–] 5 points 13 hours ago

    Firefox remembers my passwords. For other things, text documents stored in a Veracrypt container

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  • [–] 4 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

    Idk if this is the right choice but I write them down on a piece of paper and store that paper in my locked fireproof safe.

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  • [–] 5 points 13 hours ago

    1Password family account with spouse, kids, and my parents. Vault management, ease of sharing, and remote management for my parents is nice, along with multiplatform for everything important, and the price feels quite reasonable at $1/user/month. No major security incidents ever, and I was pleased by their core service design whitepaper that I read many years ago. But as they’ve become increasingly corporate over the past several years I’ve felt like they care less and less about individual users, and the CEO’s recent pledge to Omarchy really pissed me off. So it’s been a great service for me but I don’t recommend it for new users unless they like nazis. I pay for a year at a time so I haven’t scrambled to migrate my family to a new solution quickly, but it sounds like Vaultwarden is most likely the way to go next.

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  • [–] 6 points 15 hours ago

    Seconding Bitwarden, have been with it since my previous one (Lastpass? I forget, it was red) moved most of the good functionality behind a paywall many years ago. 11/10 I usually pay for the subscription, I like their product and want them to have a little walkin' around money. But currently on the free tier which is perfectly fine (2 devices when I used pro for 3, but I hardly use my laptop.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 hours ago

    Vaultwarden

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  • [–] 2 points 12 hours ago

    I use online bitwarden for unimportant accounts and offline keepassxc for important ones.

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  • [–] 4 points 14 hours ago

    1Password, but planning to move to VaultWarden.

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    I'm an old man yelling at clouds but I don't trust any of the password storing technologies. I have a system of making/writing passwords and a save a short form of them on my pc. Without knowing a specific segment you'd never be able to guess what they were so the segment is the only thing I need to remember. Having to access accounts when not at home is a massive pain in the ass though lol

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    Self hosted vaultwarden

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    I have a notebook and an app called Password Generator from f-droid

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    Mostly with a mooltipass. I also save them in a keepass db that is only written to a thumb drive, for redundancies sake.

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  • [–] 1 point 14 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

    I stick to brain based. I have a system that makes it easy for me to remember which password is for where. Step one is to use passphrases instead of password. Obligatory reference: xkcd correct horse battery staple

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  • [–] 1 point 14 hours ago

    I use several tools depending on context (keepass for work accounts, a custom hosted solution for everything else). But I also have a system for my passwords that allows me to figure out what it should be in case I forget. Most of my passwords follow a specific pattern that incorporates the platform and a series of characters.

    This specific implementation is now out of date, as it's not really necessary (or at least it shouldn't be) to have all the special characters; length should be the critical property of a secure password, but unfortunately many, many sites still require a mix of upper/lower/numbers/special chars. Regardless, it should still be simple to come up with a way for you to know your passwords, without them all being the same.

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