I used to think a password manager was just extra hassle for no real gain.

For years I reused the same three passwords everywhere. Last month my old Yahoo account got popped in a breach and I had to reset 17 different logins. I finally set up Bitwarden and let it generate random 20-character passwords for everything. The difference in how long it takes me to log into things now versus the week after the breach is huge. Has anyone else had a breach finally push them to make a change like this?

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murphy.ruby16d ago

Oh, absolutely. My old eBay password got leaked years ago and it was a domino effect. I spent a whole weekend just trying to remember where all I'd used it. Finally caved and got a manager, and now I don't even know my own passwords, which is the best feeling.

the_keith16d ago

Yeah, that's exactly what got me to switch. The initial setup takes an hour, but it saves you so much headache later.