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Dominicus1165 t1_j83syqq wrote

Reply to comment by rastilin in Millions of passwords stolen from LastPass earlier than company disclosed: Report by BasedSweet

I habe around 150-200 passwords. Writing them all down is lots of work. But not only that. Maybe I need them somewhere else. Like on my phone on the go. So I need to take all my passwords with me.

And that paper can be stolen or lost easily. Like in a restaurant when going to the toilet or in a club.

Super insecure

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ADroopyMango t1_j846964 wrote

a piece of paper is much more secure than a database. physical access will literally always take more effort than if I can just steal your shit from the comfort of my own home.

you're talking about trading security for convenience. and you can do that as long as you use some common sense.

for example, you could write down your most sensitive passwords (bank etc.) and do your best to commit those to memory if you're "at the club" as opposed to your ESPN account or whatever where the hack to life impact ratio is minimal. store those in your password manager all you want.

there is no easy way to have 200 passwords lol. it's like having 200 keys on a keychain.

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SlowMotionPanic t1_j85cc8d wrote

> a piece of paper is much more secure than a database.

Hard disagree. Just require authentication with something like a Yubikey for the best of both worlds. People can take vaults all they want, but they are never getting in it without both the master password and a Yubikey and a biometric component if also enabled.

Unless they kidnap you, in which case you have bigger problems on your hand.

Or one is talking about seed phrases for crypto wallets, in which case they better stamp it into metal and hide it well.

Paper burns and you’ll be locked out for a good long time if not forever. Yubikeys can have a duplicate kept in a safe deposit box. Can’t do that with a paper book in active use.

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