No, Don't Write Down Passwords

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☝️ The world's largest magazine dispensed some bad tech advice. Here's why I so strongly disagree. ☝️ Writing down passwords Keeping your passwords written down suffers from two issues: the security of whatever you’ve written them down on, and the fact that writing them down (and having to read them to use them) encourages creating less secure passwords. Using a password manager or vault doesn’t have to be difficult, and it is significantly more secure. Updates, related links, and more discussion: https://askleo.com/162470 🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: https://go.askleo.com/ytsub ✅ Watch next ▶ What’s the Best Password Manager in 2023? ▶ https://youtu.be/i3DlzrIsalo Chapters 0:00 write down passwords 1:20 This is horrible advice. 1:45 The classic reason - Security 2:30 There’s a bigger problem. 5:00 Pass phrases 6:30 Another idea I don’t like 7:15 Use a password manager ❤️ My best articles: https://go.askleo.com/best ❤️ My Most Important Article: https://go.askleo.com/number1 More Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com to get your questions answered ☑️ https://newsletter.askleo.com to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter. ☑️ https://askleo.com/patron to help support Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com/all-the-different-ways-to-get-ask-leo/ for even more! #askleo #password #security