case_of_ennui wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:08 pm
I use a notepad in my nightstand drawer. I need to look into some of these. I just have trouble trusting third parties with my important passwords.
The above is a fair comment. Some might want to use a 3rd-party password manager but do not want to fully trust a 3rd-party. There is a solution for this that often is recommended to investigative journalists, diplomats and other high profile hacking targets for use on their key accounts. It goes something like this.
1. Invent a 4 or 6 digit secret code. Store it in your head or in your bank safety deposit box. Let's say it's
2246.
2. Let the 3rd-party password manager generate a password for a website that you wish to use. Let's say the password manager generates
275Hty@M4&b.
3. When you create the account for the website, let the password manager autofill the
275Hty@M4&b password, then manually enter
2246 at the end.
4. Every time you sign onto the website in the future, do the same as point #3 above. This way, only you know the full password.
In this model, you only have to remember a single secret code (
2246) but you use it for all your key websites.