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Learned the hard way that password managers beat sticky notes every time
After I found a sticky note with my bank login taped under my keyboard at the shop, I switched to Bitwarden and now I can actually access accounts without resetting passwords every other week. Has anyone else made that switch and found a particular manager that works best for their setup?
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beth_hart6818d ago
Oh man, the sticky note under the keyboard hits close to home. I used to have a whole rainbow of post-its stuck to my monitor with passwords written in code that even I couldn't crack after a week. Switched to Bitwarden last year after I locked myself out of my email for the third time in a month and had to call my ISP like a total goober. Now I just remember one password and let the app handle the rest, which is basically magic for my lazy brain. The autofill on my phone is a lifesaver too, no more squinting at crumpled paper in the grocery store parking lot trying to log into my shopping account.
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gavin_clark18d ago
Calling your ISP over a locked email is a classic move, I did the same thing when I forgot my Netflix password one time. But is this really that big of a deal? I've been using the same three passwords for everything since like 2008 and I'm still kicking fine, no identity theft yet. Honestly the whole password manager thing feels like overkill when you can just write them down in a notebook you keep in your desk drawer like a normal person.
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ericfox18d ago
Three years back I had a sticky note crisis where my cat knocked a whole row of them off my desk and I spent two days locked out of my tax filing account. Bitwarden was what worked for me after trying LastPass for a month and getting frustrated with the premium upsells. It took me about a week to get comfortable with the autofill but now I just shake my head at old me squinting at faded pen scribbles. Your mileage may vary on which one clicks for you but having that one master password beats digging through desk drawers every time you need to log into something.
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