Just looking for a SIMPLE, FUNCTIONAL password manager

How many passwords does one really need?

I have 2 that are highly complex. Both relate to banking/investing. These are committed to muscle memory, which might take a few log-ins to get straight.

They are written down (in a fashion), but not on my PC. If you saw that actual document, you would have no idea what they referred to because the sites and passwords are only hinted at---in a subtle way known only to me.

For everything else, including this forum, why would it matter if a common password like kittykat33 were hacked?

I've used 1Password for years. Although it works best on my desktop, I can make it work on my Android phones and tablets. Support is superb. I will say that I use the stand alone version so no log-ins, no cloud. That's what suits me. I recommend it for like-minded security seekers.

-G.

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OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
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For those of you keeping everything in your "little black book", I applaud your ability to enter 23-character alphanumeric with special characters passwords quickly, accurately, and consistently.

Given the number of bank, investment, online, and other accounts that represent financial, medical, government and other sensitive personal information, I'm pretty sure I'm NOT going to remember all dozen (at a minimum) or so. And since I'm not the only one that needs to use them, it would also require the domestic associate to have a "little black book" that's constantly keep up to date, synchronized with mine (and mine with hers), and she too would have to accurately, quickly, consistently put in those long, complex passwords.

If you and whomever else needs the information can do all that, consistently, you're better at this than I. Otherwise...

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Oh, and I left out shopping and entertainment and ANY PLACE that has a credit card, bank account number, or other personal data - another dozen or so.

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Back to the original question...

Yes, Firefox was set up to remember everything. I'll have to check the history.

The other browser used most frequently is Chrome, and it also closed down every time.

As for telling Lastpass to remember the password for 30 days. Your Lastpass must look different than mine 'cause I JUST logged in and there was NO option to remember the password at all, much less for 30 days. But, remember, I'm not the free version so that may be something only in the paid version?

In the Lastpass forum, they strongly recommend against having the browsers store the Lastpass master, which I'm guessing in how it remembers it? I don't know, only that I read a topic in there that didn't want browsers to know the master password.

I"m starting to wonder if the whole "vault staying alive" is something not in the free version? Are y'all that are having no problem with having to log in every time to every browser on the free version?

Compumind said:

How do you *really* know that the software is secure?

I don't really know. So, passwords for forum sites and less critical stuff is stored within LastPass. If it gets popped, then somebody might come in here and post as me..

For things like banking, credit cards, retirement accounts, taxes, etc....these passwords are only stored within KeePass, and that KeePass database is stored in an encrypted container on Dropbox. So, somebody would have to break into Dropbox, then defeat my encrypted container and then default KeePass. I'm pretty comfortable that won't happen.