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  • The only big danger of a good password manager is the fact all your passwords are stored under one.

    To mitigate the risk, follow these practices:

    • Use a good trusted, much preferably open-source option (for example, Vaultwarden, KeePassXC);
    • Use a strong password;
    • Do not EVER use the same password you use for password manager elsewhere;
    • Use 2FA on both your password manager itself and all the accounts you store passwords for;
    • Backup your password database in an encrypted way.

    Together, these measures should save you from any trouble.

    Now, why they are good:

    • They can generate and store very strong passwords you would never make up, much less remember;
    • You can be sure you won’t forget your password;
    • They are convenient and can auto-fill passwords for you.

    Generally, using a password manager is considered a superior option in terms of security and availability compared to keeping your password elsewhere, including your head.








  • Exactly! Sometimes I feel I do not support creators/open source projects enough, but then I remember I’m dead poor and sometimes can’t afford food without going into debt, so hey, I’m not quite in the position to.

    And there are quite a lot of people like me. Once the situation improves a little, they first improve their standards of living a little, they get to afford and buy things they long needed, and only then can they actually spare money to support someone or something.

    Many don’t get to the latter part for a long while.



  • Allero@lemmy.todaytoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldRough draft server/NAS is complete!
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    I would argue either RAID 5 or ZFS RAIDz1 are inherently unsafe, since recovery would take a lot of read-write operations, and you better pray every one of 4 remaining drives will hold up well even after one clearly failed.

    I’ve witnessed many people losing their data this way, even among prominent tech folks (looking at you, LTT).

    RAID6/ZFS RAIDz2 is the way. Yes, you’re gonna lose quite a bit more space (leaving 24TB vs 32TB), but added reliability and peace of mind are priceless.

    (And, in any case, make backups for anything critical! RAID is not a backup!)