Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords?

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Post by theklr » Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 5:31 PM UTC

cwt wrote: post #2

I use lastpass. Never tried any other password manager. I don't mind logging into it. On my phone I can swipe my thumb. The only thing I don't like is having to type out the long random passwords on non-physical-keyboards - like setting up a roku to connect to amazon play and spending an extra 15 clicks switching case/keyboard. How often do you have to log into it? Is it specific to a device?

+1 for lastpass. On it for now 4 years, they've gotten more aggressive on development as the market grew but still simple as the first time I've used it.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords?

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Post by chrisparsons » Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 5:32 PM UTC

cwt wrote: post #2

I use lastpass. Never tried any other password manager. I don't mind logging into it. On my phone I can swipe my thumb. The only thing I don't like is having to type out the long random passwords on non-physical-keyboards - like setting up a roku to connect to amazon play and spending an extra 15 clicks switching case/keyboard. How often do you have to log into it? Is it specific to a device?

I started using Lastpass when I switched jobs and the company I moved to used it. The ability to share logins with people/groups without actually exposing the password is wonderful in the corporate setting, as it makes revoking a group of passwords (think company-level social media accounts) simple and worryfree.

It works well enough to have convinced me to buy Premium on my personal account.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords?

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Post by GrandTheftR » Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 5:32 PM UTC

I use KeePass (and KeyPassx on Mac OS), and use network drive to store the DB files.

For password security, I have different levels of passwords, for less important service, will just use less secure password and will not store in security DB.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords?

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Post by mikro2nd » Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 5:32 PM UTC

A Little Black Book and a Pencil.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords?

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Post by mcbetz » Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 5:33 PM UTC

JshWright wrote: post #13

boydjd wrote: post #10

keepass. I don't trust a service to store my passwords. I use a key file and a passphrase to secure my keepass database. The database is stored on dropbox, the keyfile is stored elsewhere.

Same here. KeePass2 on Linux, KeePassX on OSX, and KeePassDroid.

I prefer MacPass over KeePassX, because it support Keepass2 files by default - KeePassX only does in the non-stable version. That's the only annoyance with Keepass: it has two non-compatible file types and you need to stick with one (and hence the supporting software).

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords?

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Post by chilicuil » Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 5:34 PM UTC

I use a shell alias:

alias getpass='_getpass() { _g=$(printf "sauce%s" "${*}" | md5sum | openssl enc -base64 | cut -c1-16); printf "%s" "${_g}"|xclip -selection clipboard 2>/dev/null|| printf "%s\\n" "${_g}"; }; _getpass'

like this:

$ getpass mail@domain.lts

$ getpass user@domain.lts #for ssh logins

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords?

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Post by alexchantastic » Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 5:35 PM UTC

1Password on all the platforms I use (OSX, iOS, and Windows). Great looking UI and an abundance of features. Great support.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords?

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Post by migbac » Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 5:35 PM UTC

Plain text file encrypted with Vim's Blowfish encryption

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords?

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Post by dpayonk » Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 5:35 PM UTC

I use an internal (in my head) algorithm that bases (in part) on the domain name of the site I log into. For example, ycombinator.com could be z4O9999asdf Which represents

[1 letter after domain][c is 3rd letter of alphabet][numeric letter representation][last 4 SSN][pseudo counter] It might not be as high tech as software, but I think it offers a reasonable security / ease of use combo.

Note: This is nowhere near my algorithm and tokens have been made up for the purposes of this example.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords?

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Post by baldfat » Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 5:37 PM UTC

> logging in repeatedly

Repeatedly? Only at my work do I ever have to retype my password. My home is logged in and my phone has a pin.

What repeatedly is driving you away?

PS Lastpass is best in class for me

EDIT: I never memorize my passwords for sites. After having friends who were penetration testers I never do anything half-way secure. I actually can't wait till I have some kind of rfid of some sort to access lastpass.