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Re: Ask HN: I have 176 logins/accounts. How many do you have?

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Post by lexandstuff »

whstl wrote: post #100

I'm probably the one with the least. I have 35 in my password manager. I purge the ones I don't need every 2 or 3 months. I even gave away GOG and Steam accounts to friends after years of not playing games. Sometimes I have to send a threatening email to delete some accounts. Currently there's about 2 I'm waiting for an answer. It's gotten worse lately: people just don't delete your account anymore :D. Because of tha…

I'm confused about what you're fucking off. Would you prefer to schedule haircuts via a call or an anonymous online form?

Being able to schedule appointments online is one of the big wins of modern life imo: it beats waiting around on hold and laboriously explaining to the receptionist how to spell my last name.

Re: Ask HN: I have 176 logins/accounts. How many do you have?

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Post by schainks »

akira2501 wrote: post #58

If I need to login to your site less than once or twice a year, "Forgot my password" is my password manager. Personally, I feel that the utility of me working to keep and maintain that information in a database for high availability is essentially zero. As a result, I store very few accounts overall and checking out as "guest" hasn't been a problem of any sort. There's like 10 critical things that I feel the need to…

Rofl my reaction to this was the same as when a friend complained about his todo system complications and I told him “why not email yourself”.

Simple and genius. Why am I managing all these extra passwords?!

Re: Ask HN: I have 176 logins/accounts. How many do you have?

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Post by snailmailman »

Over 300 in a self-hosted vaultwarden. I’ve got my vault password memorized but that’s about it. All 300+ are secure randomly generated ones that I do not know. And I’ve got 2FA stored there too.

Despite the huge number of accounts, logging into anything is seamless across any of my devices. And access to my vaultwarden is securely protected. Password managers are great. Really looking forward to vaultwarden eventually storing Passkeys as well, and using passkeys to login instead.

Re: Ask HN: I have 176 logins/accounts. How many do you have?

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Post by rhn_mk1 »

akira2501 wrote: post #58

If I need to login to your site less than once or twice a year, "Forgot my password" is my password manager. Personally, I feel that the utility of me working to keep and maintain that information in a database for high availability is essentially zero. As a result, I store very few accounts overall and checking out as "guest" hasn't been a problem of any sort. There's like 10 critical things that I feel the need to…

A password manager is not just a way to manage passwords. It's also a way to manage who holds your personal data, so you can GDPR request them to stop.

Re: Ask HN: I have 176 logins/accounts. How many do you have?

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Post by rhn_mk1 »

lexandstuff wrote: post #131
whstl wrote: post #100

I'm probably the one with the least. I have 35 in my password manager. I purge the ones I don't need every 2 or 3 months. I even gave away GOG and Steam accounts to friends after years of not playing games. Sometimes I have to send a threatening email to delete some accounts. Currently there's about 2 I'm waiting for an answer. It's gotten worse lately: people just don't delete your account anymore :D. Because of tha…

I'm confused about what you're fucking off. Would you prefer to schedule haircuts via a call or an anonymous online form? Being able to schedule appointments online is one of the big wins of modern life imo: it beats waiting around on hold and laboriously explaining to the receptionist how to spell my last name.

There are things that work anonymously (or at least pseudonymously) already: pizza delivery or hotel booking. It's not like the data presented at a random registration form has to reflect your government ID. Skipping the login step just saves the hassle, and preserves the win of being able to do things online.

Re: Ask HN: I have 176 logins/accounts. How many do you have?

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Post by reaperducer »

whstl wrote: post #100

I'm probably the one with the least. I have 35 in my password manager. I purge the ones I don't need every 2 or 3 months. I even gave away GOG and Steam accounts to friends after years of not playing games. Sometimes I have to send a threatening email to delete some accounts. Currently there's about 2 I'm waiting for an answer. It's gotten worse lately: people just don't delete your account anymore :D. Because of tha…

a barbershop that needs login/password for scheduling haircuts? fuck off

If it takes reservations, it's not a barber shop. It's a beauty salon.

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