Mat GaddDrarok@mastodon.social
Nov 3, 2026, 1:14 PM@TimWardCam nonsense – I need passwords outside of the house so would have to carry it everywhere. Inconvenient and incredibly risky.
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Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPETimWardCam@c.imNov 3, 2026, 1:18 PM@Drarok I don't use passwords outside of the house, other than a few I remember and a few my phone knows. I might take a note of the Netflix password with me in case I want to watch on someone else's telly, which doesn't already have an account, but that's about the only one.
This did once cause a minor irritation when I needed to pay someone online whilst we were away from home for a few weeks ... easily solved by getting my wife to do the paying for me, as she actually remembers enough passwords for that!
Zimmiebob_zim@infosec.exchangeNov 3, 2026, 1:26 PM@TimWardCam @Drarok If your phone knows a password, you’re using a password manager. That’s what provides that functionality.
- Mat GaddDrarok@mastodon.socialNov 3, 2026, 1:27 PM
@bob_zim ding ding ding! “I don’t use password managers” fell apart at the second hurdle. 😁
- Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPETimWardCam@c.imNov 3, 2026, 1:31 PM
@bob_zim @Drarok I think it's individual apps, not the phone itself.
Which can do really, really, stupid things.
Like the AA app, which you don't use from one decade to the next - and then your car breaks down so you fire it up. And it wants you to re-enter your password because you haven't used the app for a year. FFS.
AnneHannehargreaves@ioc.exchangeNov 3, 2026, 1:24 PM@Drarok @TimWardCam Depends on individual use case. Eg an elderly person who doesn't travel about much & finds password managers confusing or untrustworthy is better off with a password book.