Re: [AFMUG] OT Password managers

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:13:59 -0800

So when a login dialog box pops up, what happens?
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On Jan 6, 2026, at 11:49 AM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:



We have been using BitWarden for the last few years. It's not the simplest manager around, but it allows me and Georgia to share passwords for joint accounts, and it is open source (the only one I know of that is). It also supports passkeys for websites that support it. It works across all platforms (Windows/mac/Linux,Android/iOS), and it's got plugins for Chrome, Brave, Edge, Safari, and Firefox.

$40/year for a 6-user license.

bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
On 1/6/2026 10:21 AM, [email protected] wrote:

Got totally scammed.  Login.gov supposedly sent me a very official looking email saying someone had logged in a few hours ago.  Nobody logged in a few hours ago.  I scanned the header and it looked legit. 

 

It recommended that I change my password.  Clicked the change password button (without looking at the URL it was directing me to) and went to a very official looking page. 

 

But it only asked for the new password once.  That should have stopped me but I still clicked.  Then immediately tried to login with the new password and I realized I was cooked.  So I immediately changed passwords on sites that used that old password and properly changed the password on login.gov

 

I am seriously considering going to a password managers.  I know nothing about them, how they work or if they are trustworthy.  I use 2FA everywhere I can. 

 

Opinions?

 



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