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by SushiHippie 827 days ago
I don't remember all of them and I use a password manager, that's true.

But If I need to login on a device where my password manager is not installed, or you can't use a password manager (e.g. windows UAC prompt, linux tty), it will be way easier to open my password manager on my phone and type a password rather than a long random string.

I don't use a passphrase for every login, but for some logins where I think it could be benefitial to easily type it without using autofill I use them.

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Yep. For most logins, a password manager is the way. But there are some you are simply going to have to or want to remember (password manager key, workstation login), and for those, passphrases are better.
> for some logins where I think it could be benefitial to easily type it

See my reply to sibling commenter, I had already covered this case in my original post.

UAC supports clipboard, I use managed passwords with it.
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