Password manager skeptic for 2 years, now I'm embarrassed it took me this long

I used the same 4 passwords for everything since college. My brother kept pushing Bitwarden and I thought it was overkill. Then last month I checked Have I Been Pwned and saw my email in 5 data breaches, one from a forum I forgot existed. I switched everything over in one weekend and now I sleep better knowing my bank login isn't the same as my gaming account. Anyone else hold out on a password manager for way too long, and what finally pushed you over the edge?

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betty_shah2d ago

Tossed my old notebook of passwords in the trash last week and it felt like losing 20 pounds. I heard a story on a tech podcast about someone who got their crypto drained because they reused a password from a music forum. That stuck with me. So I finally moved over to Bitwarden after my bank sent me a notification about a weird login attempt from another country. Now I just make up long random gibberish for every site and let the app remember it all. The only downside is I have to pull up my phone to log into my own Netflix now, but that beats waking up to a drained checking account.