You'd be absolutely crazy in 2026 to be running without a password manager, Chuck.
1Password Keeper Bitwarden In that order. On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > It depends on your settings. > > Of course, you need to unlock the app, but it has options for auto-fill, > or you can click on the login & it will present you with options (in case > you have multiple logins for a site), and so on. > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 1/6/2026 7:11 PM, Chuck wrote: > > So when a login dialog box pops up, what happens? > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 6, 2026, at 11:49 AM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> > <[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? > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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