What's the best way to protect your username and passwords

Simon Belmont · 27 Aug 2019 at 12:21

I hear there are some usb key you can use? Don't know really that's why I'm asking here?

VaderDSL · 27 Aug 2019 at 12:37

dont use the same password on multiple sites and use 2FA is the simplest way imo.

Simon Belmont · 27 Aug 2019 at 12:53

Been looking at Sticky Password. Need to look into it more

AHarvey · 27 Aug 2019 at 13:36

we use Password Manager Pro (PMP) at work, while everyone raves about it I find it rather stupid. You spend time creating all these unique passwords and saving them in a single location but then it uses your windows account/login to access them. So, once you have access to someone's login details which are pretty easy to get you've then got access to everything.

two factor is the best way and strong passwords, it's just remembering/storing those passwords that isn't safe.

Randomface74 · 27 Aug 2019 at 14:00

different username + password + email address on every site. so when something leaks it doesn't weaken anything else.
ovbs that gets impossible to remember so you need to store them somewhere encrypted, and with a backup. how you go about that is up to you really, there are a lot of password managers available.

adidan · 27 Aug 2019 at 14:13

I generally make them so obscure I always have to ask for reminders if i've not used them for a while.

APM · 27 Aug 2019 at 22:25

Yubikey could be what you are looking for.

Cromulent · 28 Aug 2019 at 06:57

Bitwarden + Yubikey. Bitwarden is open source but if you want to use a Yubikey as 2FA with it you need to pay $10 a year which is very reasonable. Also works on Android, Linux, iOS and MacOS.

d_brennen · 28 Aug 2019 at 06:58

Post them all in this thread so you don't forget

stoofa · 28 Aug 2019 at 09:04

Lastpass with 2FA is my personal preference.
No two websites/services I use share the same password.