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matt | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 How would a password manager help?
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Karnage | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Some allow you to add people without exposing passwords. But even without this you can just generate a new random password so you don’t expose ones you use elsewhere
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matt | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I'm just wondering how someone could login to an account without being exposed to a password. The password has to go into a web page field to submit a login request.
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Karnage | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Password sharing … has been a feature of pass managers for a while now
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matt | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes, but that doesn't prevent the person you share it with from accessing the shared password. I may have misunderstood your point.
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matt | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 But yes, a unique random password would limit any potential damage they could do either way.
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matt | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 This would be quite a useful feature