![]() One could also have a professional database at work and a different personal database at home. For having done so for a very long time, I think that with only 2 main computers, one at home and one at work, it is not so difficult to deal with (use a USB flash drive). One downside of KeePassXC, like compared to Bitwarden, is that there is no synchronization service offered so you end up manually updating your database file on your different computers. Also I like that we can define an expire date for the passwords to help remember to change them from time to time for even higher security. I will log in, search for and copy the password I want, go back to my web browser and paste the password super quickly just from the keyboard. One reason is that I can do many things easily through the keyboard. It looks quite old fashion (like old Windows style), especially compared to newer nice-looking software, like Bitwarden and Buttercup, but after trying out these two, I still prefer to stick to KeePassXC. The password manager that I’m using, and which I’m introducing to you below in 8 simple steps, is called KeePassXC, and is free (and Libre) :) Finally, once you get use to it, it definitely save a lot of time and energy and isn’t this something we always look for in our crazy academic lives? Plus I feel much more secure because I generate passwords through the software meaning random up to 30 characters-long passwords, sometimes even longer! It only takes a few seconds and I never reuse twice the same password on two websites anymore. I don’t hesitate anymore to create an account on a website which looks interesting, even if I might barely use it once a year. It might sound stupid but it has actually changed my use of the internet quite profoundly. ![]() a software which allows to create a secure database with all your passwords inside. Simply because since 2014 I’ve been using a password manager, i.e. I mean feeling like that, not actually throwing the computer ) However, I haven’t felt this again since 2014 \o/ Do you hate when on a website logging page you don’t remember which of your favorite password variation you used? Was it with the capital letter? With a number? How many characters? Did I write it down somewhere? ? Do you sometimes feel like throwing your computer by the window? I did.
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