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I use Keepass with Dropbox. Keepass keeps the DB file secure with encryption and many rotations, so I'm not afraid of a brute-force on the file itself. It takes 500ms on my beefy desktop to unlock the DB, and almost 3 seconds on my macbook.

Most services are tied to my email, so I have both 2factor auth AND recovery codes that I have stored in a safe place. Additionally I have the Keepass password written down in a safe (separate) place just in case. This is my backup in case I lose access to my Keepass db.

As one last bit, I have Keepass to auto-lock after a bit of inactivity, so I'm constantly retyping that password. This helps me memorize it.

In many ways this keeps me safer. I stay logged out of most websites by default. It can also protect me against terrible password policies. For example, I once had a bank that limited passwords to 8 characters. I had Keepass remind me to generate and rotate that password every quarter just in case. When Heartbleed dropped, I marked all my passwords in red and only changed them back when I updated that website password.




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