Google Says Sorry After Passwords Vanish For 15 Million Windows Users.

I guess now is as good a time as any for them to start using a proper password manager.

Personally, I recommend Keepass - it has multiple clients for all platforms, and you can keep the file in sync with a program of your own choosing, like Dropbox, syncthing or whatever you like.

I put all my passwords in a text document, then print it on a little strip of paper and shove it up my ass. Whenever I take a crap, I dig it out from the turds and try to memorise some of them again. Then I shove it back up there where noone else can find my data and I won't lose it.

Bitwarden here. Works well.

No $10 gift card?

Lame.

"Chrome users" or "Chrome under windows users" would be closer to the truth. Still, quite a screw up.

"Here's what you need to know" - Avoid anything Google.

No-one should be using any password manager built into any browser, neither Chromium-based nor Firefox-based. Browser password databases are almost trivially easy for malware to harvest.

Go with something external, BitWarden or 1Password, or if you are entirely within the Apple ecosystem their new password system built into iOS 18 is apparently really good.

Keepass has been working with no issues

Recently started using Bitwarden and it works really well. You can even ditch authenticator because it has OTP built in too.

I selfhost it though because I trust nobody with this type of sensitive data, encrypted or not.

Sweet. A special sunday collaboration episode of Why You Use Firefox, and Why You Use Linux.

A friend has a notebook next to her computer with all her passwords in it. Initially I was horrified - what if you're burgled? - but actually it's genius. Much more secure than letting a browser remember them, and she doesn't even need to memorise a Bitwarden password.

Premium Bitwarden is so cheap and effective that I find it difficult to justify using an alternative.

No password manager is 100% safe. Make back-ups.

That's definitely a change from companies just leaving passwords around for anyone to find.

Me when I don't use Chrome, I don't use Windows, and I don't use browser password saving either

Switches to Proton Pass

They didn't vanish, it's just that now only Google has them.