I dropped my book and now debt collectors are after me. 0/5 would not recommend.
My password logbook caught on fire, and half my passwords were burnt. I lost the other half when I threw a bucket of water on it to put the fire out. 😟
I can't order food. I can't buy things. I can't get money.
0/5. Send help.
You should've paid me a $9.99 monthly subscription so you could enjoy the privilage of me keeping your book safe 🤗
Keeepass, simple and easy to use! https://keepassxc.org/
i got bitwarden
I should get this for my dad, he recently got a new computer at best buy and the geek squad told him his files were all in the cloud and sent him home. Guess who got a call the next day because "all my passwords are in a word document in some fucking cloud". Yeah that was a fun day spent setting up his computer while listening to his rant about the geek squad and "the fucking cloud".... thanks geek squad....
I would trust it more than the biometric payment method they’re pushing in Whole Foods
I'd rather people use this than reuse the same password everywhere.
My mother uses something similar to keep track of her passwords for everything. While I prefer a password manager like Bitwarden or Keepass. I would rather her use a note book like this over something like Google or Apples password managers.
Or even worse, the same password for everything.
This isn't even weird.
I think most security experts would recommend that you have your most important passwords written down somewhere, and then hopefully locked up in some safe or deposit box somewhere. You don't need to buy an entire book for it, but some people like to spend money.
If this is for your less important passwords, then for the most part, writing them down is actually better. You won't be as tempted to reuse your banking password for your social media. And some people like writing things down. A password manager is a better solution, but lots of people aren't as good with technology and if they even let the browser remember it, they won't know how to retrieve it later if they want to use a different computer, for example.
My password-manager is a script that gpg-decrypts to XDG_RUNTIME_DIR and then opens it in editor, encrypts back on changes. Is that bad?
How do you syncronize it between multiple devices and operating systems?
Best option for non techies at home.
My ex kept her's in an unprotected excel file. I never peeked, I was just surprised when I saw her accessing it on her laptop.
All the effort of inputting data into a password manager, but none of the security.
Sure, it's a horrible idea in an open office environment but if someone wants to use this at home for all their passwords it really won't hurt anything.
Especially when helping your parents living in the middle of nowhere.
Seeing them struggle with the changes happening in the last few decades, makes me worry what I'll be like when i need some young whippersnapper so that I can pay via personal, irrational, conditional thinking.
Im guilty of this. I dont write out the passwords in plaintext though. Its mostly just a few letters to remind me of which version of my many "master" passwords i used and then asterisks. ~PW0****$~ kinda thing. I know its bad but I can't bring myself to trust a password manager.
If you keep the book secure, it's probably safer than any computer based record system - right up until someone untrustworthy gets their eyes on the book.
With a physical book, you can store it in a safe deposit box when you don't need access, make partial copies, copies take (everyone, bad guys and good) significantly longer to make even with a photocopy process... most importantly, people intuitively understand the vulnerabilities of a physical book.
Now, the physical book won't stop keyloggers...
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