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Extra security or extra risk? Pros and cons of password managers
2020-08-24 19:48

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.


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