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Set up a password manager

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    Pick one and install it everywhere.

    Browser extension plus phone app. A manager you only have on one device gets abandoned in a week.

  2. 2

    Build one strong master password.

    Four or five random words. Long beats complicated, and it is the only one you will ever memorise.

  3. 3

    Turn on two-factor for the vault itself.

    The vault is now the crown jewels. It needs a second lock.

  4. 4

    Import, then fix the worst first.

    Import from the browser, run the security report, change reused passwords on email and banking first.

  5. 5

    Let it generate from now on.

    Never invent another password. The point is that you no longer know any of them.

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