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http://betanews.com/2015/06/15/lastpass-hacked-email-addresses-password-reminders-and-more-compromised/>>>
>>>I've never used any password manager app because I figured if it gets hacked then they got all yer passwords...duh! And looks like that's what's happened here...
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>>I agree with Jos, it is ironic. I use KeePass password manager which stores the database of passwords on my computer (not online). And I dread a chance that someone hacks into my computer, steals the keepass database and then figures the master password. Then I am f-ed. At least this is more secure than a Word document that I used to use for this purpose :).
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>What I've done in the past is keep them all in a text file or word doc - then put that in a .zip file with a really REALLY long password. It's my understanding that right now the only way to hack a .zip file is by brute force - so if you have a long enough password it would take too long to get the password.
The downside of this approach (ZIP), for me, is I would have to unzip it 5 times a day. I often have to look up my password to banks, CC, various sites, etc. KeePass makes it easy (nice user-friendly interface). And I suppose, for KeePass, I could create a more secure master password than "123" :))
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