r/androidapps • u/Jesus_ecs My English is bad • 5d ago

REQUEST Password managers

I'd like to read your recommendations for password managers, BUT for someone who only understands the basics of technology in this case, my mom.

I use Bitwarden, and I'm not sure if she'd be able to figure it out.

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u/theonlineviking 5d ago

Bro, this is just plain wrong. You do know that a single lapse in judgement is all you need to get your PC compromised, right? This is also valid for experienced PC users, especially anyone that codes or uses GitHub, or someone that occasionally dabbles in unauthorized acquisition of content. Inexperienced people are at the biggest risk, cuz they will definitely click on a malicious ad or follow some shady instructions on the screen.

Once you've let any sort of unauthorized stealer run on your local machine, all the cookies and unencrypted password(s) are swooped up.

Most importantly, the only way to keep safe in your example is to have cookies be deleted every time, and you have to log in every day multiple times to the same websites. Manually typing the username and password more than 5 times a day is already insanity imo.

So, TLDR: use a password manager, ideally something offline, which you can then sync up with all your devices. It saves you money, and makes your passwords unhackable, given all the recent hacking scandals with Bitwarden and other online password managers.

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u/T1gerHeart 5d ago

Personally, over 25 years of working directly with computers, I believe I have enough experience to avoid clicking on any dubious links or following any dubious instructions. I don't even own a PC—I don't even need one anymore, since I have a tablet. Yes, an offline password manager might be a little more convenient, but I've been doing without them for about 10 years, ever since I became a mobile-only user. I don't use virtual credit cards or make online payments. That is, I've never entered my bank account information online. However, I might need to do so in a while. Once I figure out which of our banks is processing payments on AliExpress, that's the only thing that might interest me. But for such payments, I'll specifically clean and scan my smartphone as thoroughly as possible. So, no—I don't need any password managers. The only app I can't live without is MyTree Notes. By the way, it also replaces a password manager. But it's still impossible to hack unless the attacker gets hold of my device.