Alert Using a Password app to manage passwords

[Joe Hogan]

According to this using simple math, once you get above 12-13 truly random characters brute force cracking is extremely difficult. The number of iterations is unmanageable, even for the very dedicated State Sponsored hackers and equipment.

 

[RKins]

According to this using simple math, once you get above 12-13 truly random characters brute force cracking is extremely difficult. The number of iterations is unmanageable, even for the very dedicated State Sponsored hackers and equipment.

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I've been using 12-13 characters for about 20 years.

 

[redbaron]

For keepass, i use the Dropbox auto sync between devices. It works very well. Drop box can be replaced with any storage, including Google drive, USB drive, etc.

 

[murphysranch]

Oh wunnerful. You mean my four page excel spreadsheet is a dinosaur?

 

[redbaron]

Oh wunnerful. You mean my four page excel spreadsheet is a dinosaur?

No...thats a good method. There are better, and most can import your old sheet.

 

[tetranz]

I think a difference between Keepass compared to the others is that Keypass is just a local application and your passwords are stored locally so you need to arrange something like Dropbox to use it on multiple devices. Bitwarden, 1Password, LastPass etc provide their own cloud service where your passwords are stored. I can use Bitwarden on my laptop, tablet and phone and they all "magically" have the same data so it's probably simpler for most people to use. Passwords are encrypted before they leave your device and the service doesn't know your master password so there's no real worries about what would happen if the storage system was hacked. You can still make a backup to store elsewhere to cover the "what happens if I wake up one day and the service has disappeared or gone out of business?".

Like a lot of people, I recently changed from LastPass to Bitwarden when LastPass made their free tier less attractive by restricting it to one device. Bitwarden seems better. Their free service is probably all I need but I got the premium service for $10 per year. At that price it's good to support them even if I don't use the premium features.

 

[RKins]

Oh wunnerful. You mean my four page excel spreadsheet is a dinosaur?

You have me beat, I carry a little spiral notebook around with all the sites and p/w's.

 

[tetranz]

Here's another option.

 

[RKins]

I think it's a valid tool for some people. Maybe not as fancy as the apps we've been talking about but for someone that is not app savvy, it works.

 

[MemoriesByTheMile]

These password managers concern me, is there a back door or can they be hacked? Thus giving up a very big treasure trove of data.