Chose a password manager over a notebook after my wallet got stolen in Chicago

Had my wallet swiped on the Blue Line last month, and it had a little notebook with all my logins. Dumb move, I know. I spent two days freaking out about my bank and email accounts before switching to Bitwarden. Anyone else ever have a close call that finally pushed you into better habits?

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margaret9911d ago

65 logins is what I had in that little moleskine of mine before I wised up. What nobody talks about is how notebooks have a weird way of making you feel safe when they're really just a single point of failure. The real kicker for me was realizing I'd written down security questions too, so anyone could've reset my passwords without even needing the ones I wrote. Bitwarden's fine but take it from a line cook who's lost two phones in a deep fryer, make sure you've got that backup code written down somewhere safe too.

wendy20510d ago

And here's another thing nobody really brings up. If someone steals that notebook, they don't just have your passwords. They've got your whole digital life in one physical spot. Lost mine at a coffee shop once, took me three days of panic to realize I had to change everything, not just the stuff I remembered writing down.