![]() ![]() I'm not the only person suffering from password problems. Once your passwords become sufficiently complicated, you won't really know what the passwords are unless you're writing them down. But then, of course, you need a password for that password manager. Ideally, you should be creating so many unique, complicated passwords that a password manager is the only safe direction. My problem is partly a consequence of today's need for an endless supply of secure passwords. Can I explain how I entered this fugue state of password confusion? Not at all. And I realized suddenly that the master password being asked for wasn't the same as the password I had been using previously, before I added the subscription. It had been working smoothly with my iPhone's Face ID to unlock access to my passwords, but that stopped working after a phone reboot. Then came the weekend that I tried logging into the app and found my password wasn't working. I chose the 1Password password manager and after installing it, upgraded to a subscription so I could access my passwords across multiple devices. I took the basic security advice: use a password manager and then have it create different passwords for each site. I did something really stupid with some of the most important data in my life two years ago. If you still aren't using a password manager, CNET recommends Bitwarden. We're rerunning it today in honor of World Password Day. Editor's note, May 4, 2022: This commentary originally ran in March 2020. ![]()
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