A password manager saves all your passwords and fills them in automatically in your browser and mobile applications. But do you trust an application with your passwords and storing them all in one place?
Is it a smart idea?
Yes, yes, it is. We recommend that everyone use a password manager. Below we will see why it is a safe choice.
Password managers are more secure than any alternative
A password manager stores your passwords in a secure "treasury", which you can unlock with a single master password and, optionally, an additional two-factor authentication method to keep everything more secure.
Password managers allow you to use strong and unique passwords everywhere. This is usually not possible for most people. Can you really remember unique, strong passwords for each site you use? Password managers can create and remember passwords such as $% ^ HE% ^ THV% ^.
If you do not use a password manager to store your passwords, you may not be able to remember all the unique, powerful passwords you need to use. Most end up reusing passwords on many websites, which is very dangerous, as a leak on one website means that your accounts on other websites are not secure. One just has to try to log in with the same combination of email address and password.
You could try creating your own "unique" pattern-based passwords. For example, the default password might be | _p @ ssw0rd_ ||. You could modify it by domain, for example, when you log in to facebook, you could get "f" and "b" and make it fb_ | _p @ ssw0rd_ ||. Repeat this for each account you use and you will have unique passwords that you can remember. Correctly;
Well, no. In fact, your passwords are predictable. And what happens when a site does not allow special characters or restricts you to a certain number of digits and this method does not work?
With a password manager, all you have to do is create a strong password and remember it.
How password managers protect your passwords
We as iguru and many other sites recommend it KeePass ως κορυφαία επιλογή. Προστατεύουν το “θησαυροφυλάκιο” των κωδικών πρόσβασής σας με ισχυρή encryption (AES, Twofish algorithm and SHA-256), and do not send the codes to the Cloud.
Open source password managers like Bitwarden and KeePass are open books. Anyone can read the code since it is open to all developers, which makes them very reliable. You can use these open source apps to store your password on your own devices or servers. For example, you could set up your own sync server for Bitwarden or manually sync a base data of KeePass between your devices.
Can You Trust Password Management Companies?
Ultimately, you trust the password management companies. Sure, companies promise to keep your passwords safe, but they could update their software to record your passwords, or a huge security hole could "empty" all your passwords online. Companies promise security, but what if the fatal thing happens?
Sure, there is a risk, but you should trust the password manager like any other application you use. The same goes for any application on your computer but also for most browser extensions: They could spy on you and report your passwords and credit card numbers to someone else.
Companies and applications can be trusted, but the security gaps they always exist.
We use Password Managers and recommend them
We follow our tips and use password managers like KeePass here at iguru. Password managers built into browsers like Chrome and Apple Safari are getting better, but they are not as powerful or fully equipped yet.
