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by lukasm 2470 days ago
I use a hybrid approach with Lastpass used as a password entropy storage. For important services like Github I only store half of the password in LastPass. Then I add a nonce and a generic short password.

The final password is 12-16 random characters for LastPass + 3 chars Nonce that I generate from the service name (in my head) and a short 5 character password.

If LastPass leaks the secrets no one is able to take over the accounts easily.

For services that don't matter much I just store the whole password in LastPass.

3 comments

Thanks for sharing your approach. I already use the nonce+generic pass, but had not thought about your method, which I'd like to use from now on.
This is a great idea, but doesn't it involve a lot of manual work? Or is there some kind of automated way to do this?
It requires no extra work. Lastpass automatically fills out the creds, I have to type a few extra characters in password input and press login. Only tiny annoyance is pressing No in Lastpass "Do you want to update your password?".
Doesn't nonce mean "number used once"? Seems like you would have to use the same number every time, no?