Never re-use a password between services; every password for every system should be unique. Use a “password manager” to help.
Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) / multi-factor authentication (MFA) on any platform/service you can. It makes logging in a little longer but it makes these kinds of attacks much harder to pull off.
if by all you mean the closed source ones where they probably don’t even encrypt your passwords, sure
but open source ones (bitwarden) are really good and have a clear track record, you can even verify they encrypt everything by checking the source code.
If you wanna go ultra paranoid, however, you can also use something like keepassxc, where not only it gets encrypted, but it stays on your device.
Or an encrypted db like KeePass or KeePass XC and your own storage sync arrangement. It has the advantage of not storing your passwords alongside everyone else’s.
But a decent password manager will be better protected than LastPass was, even if hackers steal the database. If you use a good one and a strong master password which you keep secret, the risk from that kind of attack is not great. They’ll get useless encrypted data.
Of course there are still other attacks like your master password being stolen through a keylogger, so two-factor authentication is important too.
I do not know the solution. In a few years password managers will be seen as bad things, it’s a collection of all your passwords ffs how is that really any safer?
If it’s stored locally, has a strong password (it should be a very strong passphrase. I don’t know how long mine is, but more than 40 characters), and is encrypted (which any good password manager should be), then it should be fine. I don’t see any issue, at least not a reasonable alternative. Now using a password manager service that you’re trusting with your data probably isn’t a great idea.
I use KeepassXC. It’s free and open source. The android app I use is KeepassDX, though there are others, and I use Synchthing to synchronize changes between devices.
Never re-use a password between services; every password for every system should be unique. Use a “password manager” to help.
Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) / multi-factor authentication (MFA) on any platform/service you can. It makes logging in a little longer but it makes these kinds of attacks much harder to pull off.
Suggested password manager:
Whatever password manager you choose don’t choose last pass lasspass breach
They’ll all get hacked sooner or later. Ironically, a physical paper notebook might be the safest option right now.
if by all you mean the closed source ones where they probably don’t even encrypt your passwords, sure
but open source ones (bitwarden) are really good and have a clear track record, you can even verify they encrypt everything by checking the source code.
If you wanna go ultra paranoid, however, you can also use something like keepassxc, where not only it gets encrypted, but it stays on your device.
Evening has an upside and a downside.
Or an encrypted db like KeePass or KeePass XC and your own storage sync arrangement. It has the advantage of not storing your passwords alongside everyone else’s.
But a decent password manager will be better protected than LastPass was, even if hackers steal the database. If you use a good one and a strong master password which you keep secret, the risk from that kind of attack is not great. They’ll get useless encrypted data.
Of course there are still other attacks like your master password being stolen through a keylogger, so two-factor authentication is important too.
If it is data someone can get it.
I do not know the solution. In a few years password managers will be seen as bad things, it’s a collection of all your passwords ffs how is that really any safer?
If it’s stored locally, has a strong password (it should be a very strong passphrase. I don’t know how long mine is, but more than 40 characters), and is encrypted (which any good password manager should be), then it should be fine. I don’t see any issue, at least not a reasonable alternative. Now using a password manager service that you’re trusting with your data probably isn’t a great idea.
I use KeepassXC. It’s free and open source. The android app I use is KeepassDX, though there are others, and I use Synchthing to synchronize changes between devices.
Not if it’s encrypted ;-)