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The majority of individuals, I've noticed, tend to save passwords automatically, which may give you the impression that forgetting them is worrisome. likewise browsers are not secure enough to save such data, and spyware, certain programs, or links might expose remembered passwords.
Instead, use a password organizer that you have to yourself, or if worse comes to worst, write your passwords down in a book. People don't understand the risks associated with using auto safe passwords, so they prevent becoming another statistic about identity theft and other crimes. There are other ways to store your passwords in a more secure way than having a lot of passwords saved online, and if proper research is done, many businesses and people have a lot of data bridges. In the event that your account details are obtained, this can give them access to ordering things on your account, taking out loans, and many other things. Is better avoid been a victim. Please  make all of take caution. And look for proper means of saving our passwords, and does that have fallen victim can give testimony of there experience. Lets not take chances.

On Android as an example, all auto saved passwords are backed up on Google cloud with your Gmail account. Google 2FA can also be backed up using your Gmail account. What is left for a hacker to get through? Nothing than your device password.

Avoid Google auto save password and avoid Google 2FA and other 2FA that make use of an online cloud. I prefer to backup my password offline. If I use email, I will prefer to click on forgot password to set new password which is far better.

Many platforms such as exchanges makes 2FA compulsory. How then do you navigate through it? Secondly, I have used Google 2FA for a long time now and even without Internet in my phone so I don't really understand the part you said its connected to the Internet or am I not reading your comment correctly?

Changing passwords regularly is also risky; honestly, I have all of my passwords saved in my Google cloud; I realise this is risky, but it's the only way I can remember some of the passwords I use because I use various passwords on different sites. I know the best safe is to purchase an offline password manager book, but I can't find it anywhere. Can it be purchased on the Jumia marketplace? If my primary email is compromised, half of my account is compromised as well, which is why having other security layers such as 2FA is critical.


2FA on exchanges are optional..

The best way is to write down password in a juter instead of using the autosave password which is not encouraging at any point.
wetin me dey see for this things no jell at all if not plenty times them for don hit me since, but another wey you fit secure am be say try dey clear your cache memory anytime you mistakenly click the autosave password, in fact this go even clear some pages wey you don go through all dey days and weeks.

With Google 2FA and some like Authy, you can have your 2FA backup online on the cloud, but the best are offline on a paper (like a book). Recommended 2FA examples are Aegis (Android) and Tofu (iOS). I hope you now understand me clearly.

If you have your 2FA offline, it is better. But what that is most necessary is for it not to be on the same device that you have what you are using it for. But having it offline, it adds to your security.

I do not change password regularly, but it is not risky. If I am not able to access the password offline and I need it to access the service I wanted it for, I use forgot password which has been very helpful, it is better than saving password online. I do not have any password saved online anymore as Google is becoming something else as usual.

I use any book for offline backup.

It differs from one exchange to another. On some exchanges, you will not be able to withdraw without setup 2FA. It is optional on most exchanges that I have used before.

Although saving password automatically is very risky and has the potential  to cause harm (Hazard). but one thing for sure no matter how smart we tend to be, we are always endowed to make mistakes because of inperfection.

But I think privacy app and pattern password can solve some of these issue.
Privacy app : gives you the permission to hide useful app or content on your phone which no one can access except you.
[Pattern password: we all know the function aswell it's also another security that still require your concent.

Like me I always save password automatically because I don't have that time to be inserting my password manually.  Your mobile phone is a personal property and requires privacy. you alone has the access to it.especially the one used for important online businesses. Like ours not to bee given freely like that.

The best way is to save your passwords offline because it is very risky when you use the auto save or you save it on Google cloud flare. Getting a book strictly your your internet passwords and other private information is better,so that you write them there and keep the book or jotter save from the reach of other people. It is easier that way,as you wouldn't be scared of anything and will not forget your passwords, only if you want to change your password for higher security.

I think is better that way saving it offline should be one of the best options that can be considered, You know how people's mentality are, They will feel saving it online is safe and relieves them of the stress of always consulting books before logging in which is an old fashioned but also the safest and according to something op said about information bridge is actually true and once they have access to your information a lot might go wrong, I was also found of saving most of my stuff online until I started getting warnings about private key and many more on the forum so I was scared because once my mail is accessed then there will be a problem, so like you said bro get a small jutter or book the proper information should be kept there and keeping it in a safe place matters a lot, before some outsider will have access to it.

There are some sites that if you save your password offline and login, it would not open so you have to go online to open the site or connect the server. Saving of password automatically in the browser is not good because if the phone is stolen, it will make the person to login easily so it is not advisable to save password in the browser whether offline or online all are not save. Yet saving the password offline is still better.

And the best way is to login whenever you want to use the app, or the site and don't keep the password login automatically. And in this is a sensitive topic to discuss so it is not good to discuss some the private information here.

Me I do make use of the auto-save password most times, even knowing that it's not the best option and is considered risky. This is a result of me always forgetting the exact passwords I use for a particular thing. Even as I try as much as I can to use fewer passwords for different things in order for them not to be complicated, I still happen to miss them most of the time.

So what I do with auto-save password is this: I create a new email that is connected to my device, Chrome, and I make it my phone's primary email to enable me to save passwords on it. So what I do is for those sites, for which I do use a random password, I save their password on it for easy remembering, but his sites are not in any way concerned with anything regarding finance; they are just something relating to school portals and all of that.

And for the 2FA backup, that's actually a bad idea. I don't know what Google thinks of such features, but I doubt anyone who truly wants to protect anything where they enable 2FA will not consider using the backup option, as it will give hackers a point of direction on where to attack in order to penetrate you.

I don’t always think about the risky aspect of saving passwords online. It is not something I do often or maybe I might have clicked in a brink of fastening the process of what I’m trying to do. Having too many passwords to me is not a nice idea especially when you have a very sophisticated password that can be very hard to memorize. Writing them down in a safe place could be a solution to this but I’d prefer I save it in my brain, so having similar passwords (1 to 3 passwords) is okay than having different passwords for every logins online. Passwords saved offline and written down somewhere can be breached or even get lost, so it is better you have few passwords for online logins and try and memorize them in your brain.

Most people see saving passwords online as making it very easy for them to access the site whenever they want to without thinking about the password that they use, but it’s a wrong idea. Any of your private information shouldn’t be saved online, make sure it’s saved completely offline. Anything can happen to the browser that you used in saving the password, and your password will be leaked, which a hacker can end up using to access your account. I notice it’s common for people to save their passwords online, but most of them don’t know the risk that is attached to it.

If your password is written in a book and you don't expose the book to anyone, then I believe nobody will be able to access it. It's better than trusting a browser and storing your password with them. If your password is saved online, then your password is not save, the password that is meant for you alone has been shared with the browser which you saved the password on.

In as much as we are trying to play safe, we as well want to do away with much stress of always wanting to type in password evey now and then before accessing our portal. I know it is much risky and requires extra caution to do but I see it more flexible and as a matter of fact, I do use the the auto save function but not for all accounts. My exchange accounts uses 2fa no auto safe as I do insert the password myself. Online accounts are all different passwords written down separately. I had to do away with anything cloud ever since my experience years back.

To be on the safe side, if you are using Google cloud to save your password,Ake sure that google account is well protected by a strong sophisticated password that could hardly be memorised. If you can hardly put up with the password, it would be nice you save it separately so you could get hold of it if you are having issues logging in that particular Google account to access the auto fill password option.

Then write them down in a book or something, it is definitely better than saving your passwords in the cloud where it can be compromised, writing it down is prolly the best approach since you have a lot of passwords, or you use an open source password manager like KeePass.
It is not risky per se, but it is not necessary and it makes the user more prone to making a costly mistake imo.

Writing your passwords down on a book is good, but if the book gets lost, that’s where the problem will come. Using unique passwords is better for me than saving them on any place, be it Google or writing them on paper.

I know that some password structures look different and require special characters and numbers, while some platforms are not selective; in that case, I still use the same password structure and add special characters to it. I have been doing this for a while now, and on any platform or website I want to log in to, I know that I will not forget the password because if I try the two passwords I am used to, they will work.

For this life you need to give priority to things that matters, there are some things that are not important that you can use the password savers for. Like me I no take any of my social media platforms dem serious so I fit dey use password saver for dem because I no get any sensitive information I dey discuss there but anything wey get to do with my business is left of out of those passwords savers. Na people wey no understand to differentiate between what to secure and what not to secure that has a problem. We get app for transaction so no need to dey link am to those passwords savers and now you dey into crypto, keeping of large sum of money in your bank account no dey advisable. You have P2P platforms to run your transaction ASAP so keep your money for your personal wallets them and sell to naira anytime you need cash.


Google Authenticator started as an application that has no connection to the internet or been linked to a centralized storing cloud but anything wey google get dem sabi link am to their cloud, dem too like to dey monitor everything wey dem get and now dem dun bring out an option wey go make you fit link your 2FA application Incase you lose your phone you fit recover am through linking your 2FA to a Google account. If you get the 2FA app and you look up to their topmost right, you go see symbol of cloud. If you click am you go see if your ap dey linked or not. For now dem never make am compulsive say make everyone link so if yours isn't link you dey okay and no link am or e no go dey safe again.

How about the celebrities account that were later hacked and be used for airdrop or NFT scam.

What if your social media account is hacked and used against your friend or someone you know? That is not uncommon.

There are open source alternatives like Aegis (Android ) and Tofu (iOS)

Exactly thanks so much brother I remember investing in a ponzi and before I know I didn’t withdraw but I didn’t see my money again in that account same as a Trom platform I registered and all my Tron coins gone I keep texting the help center but till today no response thanks so much for letting us know about this.
We all need to be careful it better you type your password to avoid story.

In as much as cyber security is concerned it is unadvisable for one to auto-save password on your browsers  as this may lead to unauthorized access to your data on the internet.

Because of the alarming increase in cyber crime, one can lose some personal data that is being stored.

I agree with you. Saving passwords in browsers can be risky. And Browsers are not made for this. And Browsers don't have much security which can bear a hack.
If you ask me what I do to save my password. I have made separate diay or you can say a note book. Which I always keep in my locker. I write my my password in that note book.
I have made a spreadsheet and I have separated some rows in which I write the details. Like

In the first row I write the Name of platform.
In the second row I write Username. (Which I used in platform)
In the third row I write the Email.
In the fourth row I write the Password .

By doing this I find password easily when I need it. And in my point of view this is a good method instead you save your password online.

That is even better but also not also good because hackers can use it to steal information if they have access to the browser. But the worst is that the password are also saved on an online cloud, just like if you are using an Android device, if you auto save or save a password on an app or any browser, it will also be saved on Google cloud.

For offline safety, I do not do mine like this. I just only put down the password. I do not include include email and any other thing. I mostly use not more than 5 emails and I use just two most of the time. And one email more frequently.

That's good. I also used 3-4 emails. These are not personal. I have one personal which I don't use any crypto platform. Or for airdrops.
Why I write the Email I have a reason for that. Some of the platform give you only 3 to 5 tries to sign in. Otherwise they delete or permanently block the account and then they asked KYC. So I don't give my personal information to online platforms. Because they can compromise at anytime. Or can be hacked or can leak my personal information. Therefore I avoid to give my personal information.
So for that reason I write my Email too. Otherwise I know this is not compulsory.

This na the best option to take survive from some kind of online hacks oo, because if we do lazy, come go save our password for any browser we just dey do ourselves, browser no be place for back up oo, so make we no forget that one. I like this your idea to write our password for paper because nowadays important things like this nor suppose to dey for any online platform for a second sef, the wey hacks just dey fly around this period, we gats dey careful make we nor go fall victim. Even the great Bitcoin and other crypto wallet mnemonic seed, na paper be one of the safest way to take store, so why not learn from that one make we for no go regret in the future. As e don be like this na to buy safe make I take put my written password for more safety.

You know, like it is said, the easiest way can affect someone in future because it one can be so dem serious about what he's trying to sign up for, he or she wouldn't have been saving his or her password and username on a browser.
It can easily affect one because such person might get hacked easily, mostly when someone interfere with his out her cell phone or PC, one of the things that make people to save their passwords and usernames on the browser is when they are in a hearst to sign up am make use of what they are signing up for, not knowing that it can affect them.
If we can write down our passwords in a piece or paper or save it somewhere safe just like how we protect our seed phrase then it will be good that way.

I gat your point, because person way dey saving in possword online is not good Ator, because if anything happen to your phone na him be say you don lost everything be that,so the best way na to save your possword offline..

   Recently what's being the major talked about online issue is cyber attacks and threats both to individuals and organizations. Before now we'd often have this notion that after logging onto a site online, we save the passwords so as to gain easy access to the site when next we visit it without us knowing that it even poses more danger to the confidentiality of ourselves and our informations that may be on the site too.
  In my basic knowledge of cybersecurity, risks are everywhere even in the most unpredictable places. Cyber attacks keeps occurring, the fact that we've not been victims doesn't mean it doesn't happen. The message basically here is that onsite saving of confidential is very much risky as if attackers gets hold of the site, then its certain that easy access will be granted to them to our files and credentials.

To save passwords automatically is not good because if your email dey compromised your password too goes dey compromised. The best option for saving a password is to write it down in a book and keep it where only you can have access to it, just the way we used to protect our wallet's private key or you can have two different types of password that you can use in creating an account so that anytime you want to log in your account you can type any of the password and login your account.

To auto save password for phone or gmail no legit at all... I be one person way dem don use as example because I save my password for my Gmail. I keep my phone inside room with my roommates one of them enter my phone because say him sabi my phone password, change my hiveblockchainng.com password.. still collect the account from me. Cuz him too dey on the investment with me before e con cast. I know how I sofar, cry just to get back the money way dey inside the account. All in the name of auto save password in gmail.

Please I beg ona way dey the forum not to do the same thing with me oo I don learn my lessons.