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Google Says Sorry After Passwords Vanish For 15 Million Windows Users. (www.forbes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This is the first suggestion here that's actually within the technical abilities of most people, even most Lemmy users.

The level of technical knowledge some of people here seem to think the general public has is absurd.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm usually the one promoting technical literacy to all but in this case I honestly don't use a password manager.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's honestly seemed like more trouble than it's worth, there's a few websites where I just reset my password every time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The thing that makes it worth it to me is long, randomly generated passwords that I don't have to know.

None of the sites and services I use require me to type out a password thanks to browser integration and auto type (for desktop apps and such), along with autofill service on android.

Then along with that I can even store other things like account recovery codes (for 2fa) or security questions (which also get randomly generated answers)... It's a handy thing to have IMHO

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

If getting a Dropbox account is too difficult for them, I seriously wonder why they'd be subscribed here, or reading articles about password management in browsers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

We're lost

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Because I'm interested in tech news, especially since the world we live in can't function without it.

Besides, Lemmy seems to seriously overestimate the technical abilities of, well, most people.