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Okay if you use a password manager, don't you still have to remember your phone lockscreen and also computer passwords? How do you make this password thing as simple as possible? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Okay.

See here's the thing:

You have to remember:

BIOS password (you're supposed to set one, right? I mean... so your that sibling/roomate/kids/family doesnt mess around and replace your OS with a malicious OS)
Full Disk Encryption password and then finally
The user password

Like that kinds breaks my brain

Do y'all just put those in your password manager... then only have to remember

Master Password to password vault and
Phone lockscreen

Is this the "Standard Operating Procedure"?

But if you are paranoid and set a full alphanumeric password/passphrase... then you have to remember two differen passphrases...

Or couldn't you just simplify it to like just ONE, like:

Can you have the same password for Phone Lockscreen as the Password Vault Master Password?

So that you Only ever need to remember exactly ONE password

Is this a good idea?

My head hurts from this...

Idk how to do this...

I wanna simplify my digital stuff... my stuff is so disorganized...

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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I use a password manager so I don’t have to remember all of the hundreds of passwords that online services insist I set up. Each one is unique and complex, unguessable … and there’s no way I could remember them all. Before the password manager, I would find a good password and use it for many/most places, meaning that if anyone was careless and leaked my actual password, then someone would effectively have all my passwords.

But to answer your question, yes, for apples implementation, your normal account and phone unlocking also unlock your passwords. Depending on settings, you probably need to use your biometrics each time