Yeah, this was me all the time until I got Proton Pass. Game changer. It generates complex passwords for everything and I literally don't have to remember any of them. Just works across all my devices
Best move I made for password management, honestly
Nice, that actually sounds useful.
I’ve heard good things about Proton Pass but haven’t tried it yet. Managing dozens of logins every day gets messy fast, so having something generate and store everything automatically makes a lot of sense.
Might be time for me to finally stop hitting the “reset password” button every week
Very common..which made me safe most pass on chrome but
It did expose me on February 12 as there was a global hack on chrome browser
More like hijacks
Lost access to chrome
Saying grace 2f auth
That sounds rough. Losing access to your browser is stressful. Good thing you had
2FA turned on, though. That probably saved a lot more accounts from being taken over.
Situations like that are exactly why I try not to keep everything tied to one place. A password manager plus 2FA is usually the safest combo.
Glad you were able to keep things under control in the end. These hijacks can get ugly fast.
Get a password manager then you don’t have to worry about it - you can set strong passwords and have them auto-fill across all of your devices with something like 1password.
Yeah, that’s a good point. Using a proper password manager definitely makes life easier.
I’ve heard solid feedback about 1Password, too. Having strong passwords generated and synced across devices saves a lot of time and avoids the whole “forgot password” cycle.
At this point, managing everything manually just doesn’t make sense anymore.
Bitwarden solves this completely, free and open source. Set it up once and you never forget a password again.
That’s a solid option. I’ve heard a lot of good feedback about Bitwarden, especially since it’s free and open source.
If it handles password generation and autofill across devices, that alone removes a lot of the daily hassle. Anything that keeps me from hitting “forgot password” every week is a win
I write mine down. No problems.
Old school method
Honestly, if it’s organized and kept somewhere safe, writing them down works too. The only problem is when the list starts getting longer and longer.
That’s usually the point where people move to something like Bitwarden or 1Password just to keep everything easier to manage.
This ^
I have been using iCloud Keychain with Passkeys for years and it’s synced across all my Apple devices.
On my Mac I just authenticate with Touch ID, and on my iPhones I use Face ID. No need to remember passwords anymore.
That’s actually a really smooth setup. Using iCloud Keychain with passkeys makes things pretty effortless, especially when everything is already synced across Apple devices.
Being able to log in with Touch ID on a Mac or Face ID on an iPhone definitely beats trying to remember dozens of passwords.
Feels like the future of logins is slowly moving away from passwords altogether.
I definitely do not trust password managers, that means you trust another software and people with your valuable keys to everything. Today it might be safe, until tomorrow there is a new method to grab your data.
Never forget things like this...
Code:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/12/14/lastpass-data-breach---insufficient-security-exposed-16-million-users/
That’s a valid concern. Incidents like the LastPass data breach definitely made a lot of people rethink trusting password managers.
At the end of the day, it comes down to trust and how you manage your security. Some people prefer managers, others prefer keeping control themselves.
As long as you use strong passwords and 2FA, that’s already a big step.
1 have 4 usb thumb drives each 1 with 2 folders
passwords / bookmarks
the pass word folder has backup of my passwords
from my web browser sites / emails in a txt file
the book mark folder has backups of my browser
bookmark backups going back to 2015.
That’s actually a pretty disciplined setup. Keeping multiple backups on USB drives is a good way to avoid losing everything if one device fails.
Having copies of your passwords and bookmarks going back to 2015 shows you’ve been thinking about backup and control for a long time. As long as those drives are stored safely, that method can work well too.
