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Cry? Realistically speaking, this isn't going to happen without physical access to your computer or malware, though. So don't leave your computer unattended and don't download sketchy things.

Expecting people to simply memorize a unique, strong password for every single website that they use is unrealistic. Of course, no solution is perfect, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't improve the current situation of people reusing passwords with maybe slight modifications per website.



Password reset is easy and free. Why go to the trouble of a password manager, especially for dumb stuff like grocery coupon cards?




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