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by helloworld11 1637 days ago
I never trusted or used LastPass and others of this type for this very reason. Powerful passwords created by a single central expert source? Sounds great, very secure, except for the little tiny detail of that source being broken wide open despite its claims of excellent security. It's impressive how many supposedly tech-oriented people on this very site and its comments I've frequently seen recommending such an obviously insecure way of keeping you private stuff protected. This not to mention the possibility of collusion with certain alphabet agencies.

It's like data management in general: If you don't uniquely, personally control it, you don't really control it.

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For the majority of people it is still better than the only alternative they would actually use: using the same password in a lot of different websites. This way there is only one company that can completely compromise you, instead of dozens.