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# Password manager

A program that creates and remembers unique, strong passwords for you, so you only need to remember one.

Also called: password managers

A password manager generates long, random passwords and stores them encrypted, so you can have a unique password on every single service without remembering any of them. You remember one master password; it fills in the rest.

Why this matters so much: when one service leaks your password, criminals try that same password everywhere else. Unique passwords make that leak worthless. Combined with two-factor authentication, a password manager is the closest thing to a security superpower a private person can get.

The most common objection is that putting everything in one place feels wrong. The point is that the alternative is worse. Without a password manager most people end up with a handful of passwords reused everywhere, which makes you exactly as vulnerable as the weakest service you used them on. The vault is encrypted with your master password, and the provider cannot read what’s inside.

Your browser has a built-in version that is perfectly fine for most people, and a dedicated app gives you a bit more, such as family sharing and storing things other than passwords. Pick something you will actually use. A password manager you find annoying doesn’t get used, and then you’re back to the one password you can keep in your head.

See also: [Create a strong password](https://danielchristensen.no/en/tools/password-generator)

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