Just realized my password manager was saving duplicates of everything for 2 years

I found out from a blog post on Troy Hunt's site that having 400+ duplicates in your vault actually makes it easier for someone to guess patterns, so I spent yesterday cleaning all that out and now I'm wondering if anyone else has tried using a different tool to scan for duplicates automatically.

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patricia55815d ago

A million duplicates or a clean vault, it probably doesn't matter all that much for most people. Troy Hunt is smart, but he's writing for a very specific kind of computer security crowd. The average person's password manager is just storing the same three passwords they use everywhere anyway. Unless you're some big target with a lot to lose, I wouldn't lose sleep over one duplicate. Sounds like a good way to waste a Saturday afternoon.

alexk6015d ago

Honestly, I cleaned out my own vault last year after a weekend of nothing better to do. Found 47 old logins for sites I forgot existed and a Wi-Fi password from 2012. It was kind of satisfying, but unless you're really bored or worried about something specific, probably not worth the hassle.

phoenix_grant3415d ago

Patricia's not wrong about most people using the same three passwords, but a duplicate isn't about pattern guessing - it's more that the password manager gets slower and more annoying to search through as the list grows.