Fixing C's Biggest Mistake

[bachmeier]

On Monday, 9 January 2023 at 21:38:34 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:

>> I will say, though, that I have cancelled my LastPass 
>> subscription and migrated to 1Password, because I think the 
>> way LastPass handled this was dishonest.
>
> Just be aware you've got a single point of failure for *all* 
> your passwords.

Your computer is always going to be a single point of failure for 
passwords if you're not using 2FA, independent of the password 
manager issue. Weak/recycled passwords is far worse than anything 
that can happen when you put your passwords in the cloud.

The bigger advantage of a password manager is that it provides a 
convenient way to generate secure passwords - even if you 
ultimately choose to write them on a piece of paper. But you 
don't need to put them in the cloud or on paper. KeepassXC works 
just fine on your local machine.