• MrsDoyle@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    A friend has a notebook next to her computer with all her passwords in it. Initially I was horrified - what if you’re burgled? - but actually it’s genius. Much more secure than letting a browser remember them, and she doesn’t even need to memorise a Bitwarden password.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      In a household it’s probably not that bad. There aren’t many people breaking into homes looking for account details.

      I’ve had my identity stolen several times, and every single time it was stolen from a Fortune 500 company.

    • flerp@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      I just make all of my passwords password123 then I don’t have to worry about memorizing them

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      5 months ago

      Just add the same memorized bit to the end. Something simple like “123” would work. Even if the book is stolen it won’t do them any good.

    • sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      My mom told me that she was made fun of for having a book of hand written account credentials related to running her business (6 people total). I told her it was the best way to do it that wasn’t massively overcomplicated for her situation and to keep it up. The only recommendation I made is that she use different long passwords for every site since she’s already not memorizing them.

      Personally I’m not convinced this isn’t the best way unless you’re being targeted by physical bad actors