As much as keeping and safekeeping our private keys is very important, same also applies to our passwords.
Not the best opening but felt like sharing something since I have been on th receiving end of poor Password management.
Faced first hand the disadvantage of having different password for different platforms or medias
Don't let this experience sway you towards bad password habits. It's a very good thing to use a different password for each online account. I mean, it's almost a given that you'll be affected by a data breach at some point, and when that happens, you don't want it to cascade into multiple problems, and you
really don't want it to result in your e-mail account(s) getting compromised, too, because then you're up shit creek without even a canoe.
Haven't found a proper solution yet but I believe am more tempered than before.
Use a password manager. (An
offline one like KeePassXC, and remember to back up the database file once in a while, too.)
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I was adviced by a reputable member of the forum on managing my passwords and was even recommended a password manager which I'm currently using.
I always knew that using same password for various platform is quite risky and not advisable but my implementation was poor.
I overestimated my brain to recall all passwords despite them been different but was failed when I logged out of my BTT account and couldn't find even recall my password.
What I'm saying is, like was said in the quoted section. It is good to use different password for different platforms for security purposes but we shouldn't rely on our brains alone but take proper record and a secured password manager can help with this (mind you is not the only method in keeping passwords).
Experiences is quite an harsh teacher so is better you learn from others mistakes than yours.
Further recommendations would be appreciated.
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Is there any tools or apps that could help us to manage and change passwords of various accounts that we have?
Anything you can remember is always subject to hacking. Passwords should be long, not have any semantic load, and include various symbols. This is done so that it is difficult for those who brute force (guess) passwords to hack.
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What I'm saying is, like was said in the quoted section. It is good to use different password for different platforms for security purposes but we shouldn't rely on our brains alone but take proper record and a secured password manager can help with this (mind you is not the only method in keeping passwords).
I would not agree with the way you wrote it, because it seems to me like a very frivolous suggestion - the only correct thing would be to say that you should never use the same password anywhere, and I would also emphasize that you should always remember not to use any simple passwords or those that an attacker could
"crack" if he has enough information about us. To clarify, if the attacker knows that you have children named Bob and Melinda, and if he knows their dates of birth, then he will definitely try to use a combination of those characters.