Password managers? Crowdsourcing the wisdom of DW/LJ.

[raincitygirl]

So, password managers? I keep reading news articles about how they’re a good thing, and a LOT safer than writing all your passwords down. I write them down in code, but I have no illusions my code is uncrackable. So I should probably get one.

Which is the best? And are all the journalists right that password managers are actually safe? Because it seems counter-intuitive to put all your passwords in one place and then hope that one place doesn’t get hacked.

Comments

[raincitygirl]

That actually sounds perfect, with the system of separate vaults. I’d love to have a vault just for work passwords. And there are certain passwords that anyone in my family should have access to, if I get hit by a bus or something. But there are other passwords that I would only want, for example, my mother to have.

And I am definitely a Mac person, have both an iPhone and a MacBook, so if these products are built to mesh well with Apple
products, that also sounds good. Some stuff was clearly designed for Windows computers and Android operating systems, with Mac users tacked on as an afterthought. If 1Password started out as a Mac product, that’s a good sign.