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I thought a password manager was overkill until my friend's bank account got hit
For years I just used the same password with small changes, thinking I was clever. Then my buddy in Tampa had $2,000 taken because a site he used got breached and they tried his email and common password everywhere. Now I use Bitwarden and make every password different. Anyone else switch to a manager after a close call?
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the_diana14d ago
Glad you switched, but calling it a "close call" is wrong. Your friend's story is a full-on disaster that already happened. A close call is when you almost get hit. He got hit. That's the wake-up call. Using simple password changes is not clever, it's how most people get hacked. Bitwarden is a solid choice. The real trick is turning on two-factor auth everywhere you can, especially on the password manager itself.
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knight.felix14d ago
Honestly, how many of us have called something a "close call" when it was actually a total mess? You're right, the_diana. I used to brush off small breaches until a buddy got cleaned out. Seeing wren638 ask about two-factor made me realize I was doing it wrong too. I thought a password manager was enough, but you need that second lock on everything, especially the vault itself. That friend's disaster was the push I needed to finally turn on 2FA for my Bitwarden. What's the hardest part about getting people to actually set it up, though?
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