Switched from a password manager to a physical notebook for my most important logins

I know it sounds backwards (and kind of paranoid) but after reading about that LastPass breach I just grabbed a $3 notebook and wrote down my banking and email passwords in store credit codes. Has anyone else gone back to paper for the really critical stuff?

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olivia_anderson2d ago

The LastPass breach" and you went straight to a dollar store notebook and a sharpie. That's a hell of a tech downgrade but honestly? Your passwords are safer from hackers until someone steals your backpack.

mark492d ago

Nah hang on @olivia_anderson, I gotta push back a little on the notebook thing. I mean yeah it's safer from remote hackers for sure, but you're not thinking about the other ways people can get at it. Someone peeking over your shoulder at a coffee shop is way more common than you'd think. I saw a guy at my local library writing down his Netflix password in a notebook and the person next to him literally leaned over to read it. Plus if that notebook gets wet or lost you're totally locked out of everything. A password manager with a good master password and two factor is still the best bet for most people. The notebook method works if you're super careful but it's not the slam dunk people make it out to be.