The day my password manager almost ruined my entire life

So I had this really bad day last Tuesday that actually got me thinking about the whole password manager debate. I use Bitwarden and normally it's fine, but I was updating my router settings and needed the admin password from the manager. The thing crashed and locked me out of everything for like 4 hours while I tried to recover my vault. On the flip side, I have a buddy who swears by just writing passwords in a notebook he keeps locked up, says he's never been hacked in 15 years doing that. But then my other friend got her notebook stolen out of her car last month and someone got into her bank account. So which is worse - trusting everything to one digital tool that can fail, or using old school paper methods that can get physically stolen? Has anyone else had a close call with their password setup and changed their whole approach after? It's got me wondering if there's even a truly safe way to do this.

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keithbennett20d ago

Is it really that big of a deal, though?

charlienelson20d ago

My buddy Mike lost his entire save file on a game he'd been playing for like 80 hours. Just poof, gone because he didn't back it up and the hard drive crapped out. He was SO mad, @keithbennett, he literally threw his controller across the room and dented the wall. So yeah, depending on what it is, it can be a Pretty Big Deal.