PSA: I caved and tried a password manager after my cousin got hacked.

Turns out, letting it create and store complex codes is way safer than my old sticky note system.

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Totally feel that, made the switch last year after another dumb data breach... used to reuse the same three passwords everywhere, it was so bad.

derek_hill1mo ago

Wait, but just switching once isn't really enough either... you gotta keep changing them every so often, or use a password manager that makes new ones for you. Otherwise it's the same problem all over again.

felixhenderson17d ago

Same here, @sean_barnes24. Password1 was my go-to for years.

sage_jackson561mo ago

Yeah, that "same three passwords everywhere" thing hits too close to home. My old system was just different versions of my dog's name and my birthday. Like, "Buddy123!" for my bank and "Buddy456?" for my email. Real genius level security over here. It's a miracle I wasn't hacked years ago.