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Old 03-11-2025, 03:16 PM   #2632
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Originally Posted by ratinox View Post
No, it actually isn't. It's all about risk management. While there is a risk of your wallet being lost or stolen, that risk is extremely small, far far smaller than say the risk of the account database here at mobileread being compromised.

Security experts have been advocating it for decades. Just a few choice articles but you can easily find plenty more.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archiv...down_your.html
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/le...ecurity-chief/
https://blog.1password.com/safe-writ...our-passwords/
You misunderstood. What was said to be the bad advice is your advice to keep your written password with your driver's license. That would be your wallet. And that is bad advise. The writing down your passwords was not the bad advise.
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