{"id":28250,"date":"2019-12-19T12:03:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T11:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markosaric.com\/?p=28250"},"modified":"2020-08-14T11:15:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T09:15:43","slug":"password-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markosaric.com\/password-security\/","title":{"rendered":"How I keep my passwords and logins safe and secure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Passwords and login security seem to be in shambles. Many companies and many consumers use poor security practices. Here’s how I deal with my passwords and login security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most commonly used password<\/a> is “password” and the second most popular one is “123456”. And how do we know this? It’s because all the passwords exposed in data breaches are accessible for anyone to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have way too many accounts to individually remember all passwords, we reuse our easy-to-remember favorites on multiple sites and we waste excessive energy on the “forgot password” links. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Using weak passwords or reusing the favorites is risky. A data breach on one site where your login details are exposed puts all your other accounts at risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And data breaches of the apps we use are in the news frequently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re stuck with passwords<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Even for those who take more care of their login security, the recent news hasn’t been too positive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1Password, one of the most popular password managers, took<\/a> $200 million in venture funding while LastPass has been bought<\/a> by a private equity firm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These moves may not turn out bad but chances are that some not so user-friendly decisions will be made in the future on the hunt for growth and value optimization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I think we’re stuck with passwords in the foreseeable future. I don’t see some new technology coming in to replace them any time soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So it’s a sensible idea to take precautions and extra care about your passwords. Take a few minutes to rethink the way you deal with your account logins and optimize that process. This is how I deal with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I only know and remember one of my passwords<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I use a password manager to help me create and remember strong, long, random and impossible-to-remember passwords such as this one. These are the most secure passwords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An example of how my strong password may look like<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I only remember one of my passwords even though I use a strong and unique password for each and every account that I have. That one password that I remember is the password to my password manager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That single password unlocks access to all of my other passwords. All 293 passwords that I have saved at the time of writing. My password manager does the rest of the heavy work for me. All this without compromising my security and data protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recommend you start using a password manager too. Pen and paper or our memory are simply not efficient enough to deal with this problem in most cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can either use the built-in password manager that great browsers such as Firefox have or a standalone password manager. Here are the two best options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Password manager service such as Firefox Lockwise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The easiest option to start using strong and unique passwords is to use the in-built password manager within your browser. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I use Firefox<\/a> and Firefox has a great password manager called “Lockwise” built-in. It is a relatively new feature and this is what it can do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n