Because there needs to be a baseline level of convenience in order to get less-technical people to even consider using a password manager at all.
If the alternative is using the same handful of weak passwords for every site, the risk of your password manager suffering a security breach doesn't look so bad in comparison.
There is a pretty large gap between "cloud based password storage" and "using the same password for each site".
1Password for /years/ worked with a local vault (and no remote sign-in requirement), and had relatively simple syncing to iOS via wifi (no idea on other OSes, that's what I use).
I've shared my password vault between these two places with no issues and it didn't need a cloud account and I wasn't re-using passwords.
The gpost contributed to the discussion i am having with my kids, namely: avoid cloud-based pw storage. They're beginning to understand why, finally.
We also discussed 'feeling better than others for arbitrary reasons '.
dml2135|3 years ago
If the alternative is using the same handful of weak passwords for every site, the risk of your password manager suffering a security breach doesn't look so bad in comparison.
wlll|3 years ago
1Password for /years/ worked with a local vault (and no remote sign-in requirement), and had relatively simple syncing to iOS via wifi (no idea on other OSes, that's what I use).
I've shared my password vault between these two places with no issues and it didn't need a cloud account and I wasn't re-using passwords.
_Algernon_|3 years ago
InCityDreams|3 years ago