On 20.01.2024 20:52, Chris Adams wrote:
password managers/safes are ok as long as they are independent from the device used for login ...Once upon a time, Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> said:That's one of my gripes about two-factor authentication - it (typically) uses your phone. Steal someone's phone, and it's everything they need to pretend to be you.That's going to be true of any second-factor device. In theory, MFA is "something you know plus something you have", but we use too many passwords to "know" them all, so we use password managers.
a tip: don't store the whole password; e.g. use the stored passwords plus something short only in your head; it might be the same to all used passwords; 3 or 4 signs are enough, e.g. '#A7x'Then the "know" is just one password manager master password... but the "have" is often stored in the same password manager (because where else are you going to store it?).
I know, if doing like this, the password manager isn't simple any more; but as always said: simplicity and security don't go together;
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