I use a password manager that syncs encrypted data over the internet so I have the same set of passwords on different machines of different OSes (Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Android) and browsers. But none of these make it easy for desktop or console applications; you need to query the manager, prove you're you, copy the password to the clipboard (insecure!) or try to manually type longish random strings. Double-bonus goes to sites that double-check with an SMS or similar. "Something you know (password) and something you have (cellphone)" makes for good two-factor authentication.
Pretty much, only computer geeks (broadly construed) use password managers.
Not only do most ordinary computer users not >use them, they have never even heard of them.
Ken
Woohoo! All this time I thought I was normal and today Ken confirmed I AM a computer geek because I use LastPass!
I'm a member of a community! YEAH! :)
Paul H. Tarver Tarver Program Consultants, Inc.
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