Security News > 2020 > August > Extra security or extra risk? Pros and cons of password managers
Individuals can use password managers to strike a balance between security and convenience.
Here are a look at the pros and the cons of password managers based on the experience and analysis of four tech journalists.
"A password manager will be a more reliable and secure store than your own head or your browser's autofill-once you set and memorize a complex password for it and enable its two-step verification," he said.
Pegoraro did add a significant caveat to this endorsement of password managers: He doesn't keep the passwords for his most important accounts in a password manager.
After trying several password managers and writing about breaches, tech journalist Sean Michael Kerner takes a low-tech approach to managing his passwords: Paper.