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It's actually super useful for old people, who sometimes like to "accidentally log off" and stuff.

Honestly, for at home personal use, it's better than any on device password manager. It's not hackable. Someone has to break into your home and steal it. For an office environment though....worst way to handle it after sticky notes.

I save all my passwords in a README.txt file

So far the combined might of the Russian, Chinese, American and North Korean hacking teams have been unable to crack the post-it note on my desk.

Self hosted and air gapped.

PSA: Home use? That's probably okay. Work use? If you're in-office, this is a ticking time-bomb that can get you fired, one way or another. Use the company 1password or whatever you have access to, please. Thank you.

This isn't the flex you think it is, OP. 99% of cybercriminals are also cowards. Physical security of ANY kind beats even the best password managers.

If you don't know what lattice-based encryption is and how to purchase it through NordVPN, start reading up because encryption as we know it isn't long for this world. Pretty sure they already dragged their feet too long on Bitcoin's algorithm but the day cracking common ciphers is within the grasp of quantum clusters is the day we all become Amish. Plan accordingly!

Here's the thing .. as crazy as a notebook with passwords sounds, it's not accessible to someone across the internet.

Still waiting for passkey support

we might laugh at this but I think this is useful. Even though I wouldn't use something like this and I'd just use a regular dedicated blank notebook and my password manager, it can be useful to people who have problems with computers and can't handle a password manager, yet may give pages with good templates to show how to record sensitive information.

I see no issue with this, especially for an elderly person, for example, to keep at home. The only way this will get "breached", is if someone breaks into her home. At that point, the password book is the least of her concerns anyway. In fact, from a cyber security point of view, this is brilliant if kept in a safe place, such as a locked safety box. You can't really remotely hack a physical book.

Still better than using the same password everywhere and/or saving passwords in an unencrypted text file on your computer somewhere.

Just not very user friendly.

Honestly, a physical password book isn't a bad idea.

Not accessible via the internet, and in most cases if someone has physical access to your system you're done for anyway.

The main weakness it has is from a nosey flatmate, spouse, or child in the house.

Keeepass, simple and easy to use! https://keepassxc.org/

this is my internet password logbook

I should get this for my dad, he recently got a new computer at best buy and the geek squad told him his files were all in the cloud and sent him home. Guess who got a call the next day because "all my passwords are in a word document in some fucking cloud". Yeah that was a fun day spent setting up his computer while listening to his rant about the geek squad and "the fucking cloud".... thanks geek squad....

xkcd.com/2176

So... It's a password book? Like, pen and paper?Not the best choice for storing passwords, but I'd be more willing to do that than trusting Amazon not to hold my passwords hostage with a digital service by them.

Oh yeah, this is for my in-laws. This is peak boomer tech right here.

I dropped my book and now debt collectors are after me. 0/5 would not recommend.

Sure, it's a horrible idea in an open office environment but if someone wants to use this at home for all their passwords it really won't hurt anything.

Is it AI powered tho?

My mother uses something similar to keep track of her passwords for everything. While I prefer a password manager like Bitwarden or Keepass. I would rather her use a note book like this over something like Google or Apples password managers.

Or even worse, the same password for everything.

Best option for non techies at home.