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... Can we not just write shit down?
I don't understand the need for this password keeper shit outside of a work/corporate environment.
Write down passwords? The fuck are you talking about??
The hard password you think of are actually very low entropy and easy to crack, the only good ones are random ones, which are hard to remember (except for the random words ones). It's impossible to remember 200+ totally random password for a regular human
I have more than 300 logins. My password manager handles passkeys, 2FA and has integretad alias creation.
At some point you just can't compare.
You can't just write down a secure password. It should be long enough to not be practical to write down on paper.
Ok Grandma and her password book.
The point:
Application unique passwords and MFA in the one package. Cross platform so I can use on phone and PC. Costs like $10/year. Also locks the credential and passkey to set URLs so phishing attacks are harder.
I do write stuff down. In my password manager so it's always with me all the time and is much more difficult to gain access to than if I were carrying around a notepad. Also, I ain't got pockets for that, and I'm not buying a wardrobe of cargo pants.