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I finally set up a password manager after my cousin guessed my old one in five tries
For years I used the same basic password with a few numbers swapped, thinking it was safe enough. My cousin, who's into tech, was over last week and joked he could guess it. He did, in about five tries, because it was based on my dog's name and my birthday. That was a huge wake-up call. I spent the next night setting up a password manager. Now every single account, from my email to my bank, has a totally different, long, random password that I don't even know. The manager fills it all in for me. It took maybe two hours to change everything, but I feel way less stressed about getting hacked. Has anyone else made the switch and found a good free one they like?
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alice_grant6mo ago
Password managers seem like overkill unless you're a celebrity or something.
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ruby4506mo ago
Imagine if your bank used the router's default password.
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miles9466mo ago
That bit about your cousin guessing it in five tries is too real. My old roommate used to test our home wifi security by trying to guess the neighbor's network password. He got in because it was the default one on the router sticker. We spent the next month convinced they were stealing our bandwidth, but it turned out they'd just never changed it either.
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