[cctop]

This seems like as good time as any to ask whether I should use a password manager service like 1Password, LastPass, Dashlane, Bitwarden or something similar.  Surely someone here is very knowledgeable in this area.

A few things you can and should be doing to make yourself more secure online:
- turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) for all sites that support it.  Usually that means the site texts or emails you a code that you have to type in. Sometime it means you download a phone app that generates a random code.
- use different passwords for every site so when (not if) one site gets compromised you don't give the attacker access to a bunch of other sites.
- use longer passwords. Gibberish passwords are better than words you can find in the dictionary.

All put together, yes it's an excellent idea to use a password manager. Then you only have to remember one really-long difficult-to-guess password:

https://www.xkcd.com/936/

Both Apple and Google Chrome offer free password managers. They're not as full-featured as the ones that you pay for, but they're way better than not using one at all.

[cctop]

This seems like as good time as any to ask whether I should use a password manager service like 1Password, LastPass, Dashlane, Bitwarden or something similar.  Surely someone here is very knowledgeable in this area.

A few things you can and should be doing to make yourself more secure online:
- turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) for all sites that support it.  Usually that means the site texts or emails you a code that you have to type in. Sometime it means you download a phone app that generates a random code.
- use different passwords for every site so when (not if) one site gets compromised you don't give the attacker access to a bunch of other sites.
- use longer passwords. Gibberish passwords are better than words you can find in the dictionary.

All put together, yes it's an excellent idea to use a password manager. Then you only have to remember one really-long difficult-to-guess password:

https://www.xkcd.com/936/

Both Apple and Google Chrome offer free password managers. They're not as full-featured as the ones that you pay for, but they're way better than not using one at all.