Shoutout to the guy who told me to use a password manager 3 years ago

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Right? I was totally that guy who thought "I'll remember all my passwords, no problem" and then spent 20 minutes resetting my email password every other week. I finally caved after I locked myself out of my bank account for the third time in a month. Now I can't believe I went so long without one, it's honestly one of those things you don't realize you needed until you actually use it. Makes everything so much easier.

margaret_taylor421mo ago

The 2019 data breach at Collection #1 is what finally scared me straight - 773 million unique emails and passwords leaked, @gavina73, and I realized my "memorable" passwords were probably already floating around the dark web. A password manager doesn't just save you from forgetting stuff, it actually protects you from credential stuffing attacks where hackers try your reused passwords everywhere. I sleep better knowing every account has a totally unique string of nonsense that no algorithm can guess.