No, Don't Write Down Passwords

☝️ The world's largest magazine dispensed some bad tech advice. Here's why I so strongly disagree.

☝️ Writing down passwords
Keeping your passwords written down suffers from two issues: the security of whatever you’ve written them down on, and the fact that writing them down (and having to read them to use them) encourages creating less secure passwords. Using a password manager or vault doesn’t have to be difficult, and it is significantly more secure.

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Chapters
0:00 write down passwords
1:20 This is horrible advice.
1:45 The classic reason - Security
2:30 There’s a bigger problem.
5:00 Pass phrases
6:30 Another idea I don’t like
7:15 Use a password manager

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