In answer to the question: Yes. (I do have the browser remember paswords / logins for non critical websites. Wlders for example) Otherwise I use an encrypted spreadsheet w/ 3 tabs: Passwords: for all financial, investment institutions, credit cards, etc. Web: for web logins. Forums, vendors, etc. Software: to store registration keys and the like. Overall, there are well over 100 entries.
For those that don’t use a password manager (to store passwords): How do you create your passwords? (most security researchers will tell that passwords created by humans are way less random than their creator like to think)
This was a subject I was thinking of, people often use tools like KeePass to generate passwords, but isn't this risky? BTW, do you also use the sync feature? I see that browsers like Chrome and Vivaldi allow you to sync settings, bookmarks and passwords across all devices. But I feel it's a bit risky.
For a short time I did, but I've since stopped using it, for pretty much the same reason as yours. I just didn't feel comfortable using it.
I was slightly surprised when somebody from the USA replied this, but I’m even more surprised this is still possible in the EU.
Why ? In UE we have online banking. I work with pc and internet, no problem. But I don't need online banking and I don't trust it as safe .
Well, if I'm correct they are using the same cloud security measures as third party password managers. But I have never understood why browser developers never decided to beef up password management security. I have recently tested it, and to my surprise, password decrypting tools have got no difficulty accessing passwords stored by browsers. Weren't they supposed to be encrypted? I have tested it on Vivaldi, don't know about Firefox, perhaps you can check it out.
I use a combination of linguistics and math. I won't go into detail but the math part is based on the fact that a simple formula can generate a long numerical string from a couple of simple variables. No need to memorize the result, it can be calculated anytime it is needed from the easily memorized formula and input variables. It is also scalable, you can up the complexity and security of the result just by varying the formula a bit. That would be just one component of what I consider to be a secure password.
For those that want to learn more about why you could/should use a password manager: 1Password University (of course these tutorials are also commercials for 1Password, but they do explain in lay terms why using a password manager can be of value)
I am still greatly disappointed that Firefox had caught up with everyone else when they made you enter your Windows password to look at the contents of their built in password manager,,, and then reverted after some complaints. If your PC is unlocked anyone can sit down and look at your Firefox passwords. I know the response will be "don't step away from your PC without locking it" but life happens.
Weird, they mention that they use simple cryptography when you store passwords inside the Firefox browser. So I wouldn't be surprised if password decrypting tools will be able to crack them. Actually, perhaps I misunderstood, you can also make use of the Primary Password, formerly known as the Master Password, which should protect third party apps from getting access to stored passwords, I guess I will need to test it. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-primary-password-protect-stored-logins
Yes but that's the thing. I believe when you don't add a Primary Password, it's easy for malware to decrypt passwords stored in the browser. As soon as you add a Primary Password, then more advanced encryption kicks in, the way I understood it. But with Vivaldi it seems NOT to work like this, very weird. Perhaps you can check it out with the PasswordFox tool: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/passwordfox.html https://www.nirsoft.net/password_recovery_tools.html
I understand this, but it's interesting from a technical point of view. You could simply run the tool and see if it can succesfully display your username and passwords. Like I said, ChromePass had no difficulty displaying all of my passwords stored by Vivaldi. Eventhough Vivaldi will ask for my computer password if I want to see passwords via Vivaldi myself. Of course when I blocked access to my Vivaldi profile folder with the Secure Folders tool, ChromePass couldn't access the browser passwords. So this is a nice mitigation. https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/chromepass.html
Any algebra or calculus text will do. Find a formula you like that can take two or more small input variables and generate a much longer result. Mix it with the word/alphabetic part of the password as you like, beginning, middle or end or in several places. I don't have any links, this is something I came up with because I used to tutor math.
I rely on a password manager to remember my passwords. I didn't need to use that password manager to create the password. I could multiply pi by n and add numbers and symbols, but I doubt I'd remember it x n.