I use a password manager and all my passwords go into a single password database. It doesn’t matter if something was important (e.g banking) or less important (e.g one time use for a forum).
I am thinking about separating into multiple data bases. Something like:
- personal data
- hobbies
- finance stuff
- throw_away (one time use for forums / downloads …)
I want to get some inspiration and ideas how to separate the passwords.
Will the categories actually help? I mostly find that I search for the username or site name, and then it doesn’t really matter if they’re in a folder.
Also this is a rrrrreal nitpick but if you’re keeping them in the database, are they really throwaway?
A bunch of cryptic notes in Notepad.
I don’t bother categorizing them, as someone else said it’s just extra steps, for what? When I need a password it either autofills or I search for it by name.
I took the time to tag accounts in which I used my credit card for automatic payments, which helped me when I had my credit card replaced because of fraud.
I knew where I had to update all my payment infos pretty quickly to avoid a non-payment on a subscription.
Yeah a password manager is mostly used to store credentials and sensitive infos, but it can be useful for its metadata too.
Why separate them? You will need to keep the most secure one anyways, might as well store everything there.
Keepass has a folder structure so you can organize the passwords by type. I used to do that with my stuff, but as others have said, I gave up and just search for them now
Use tags if available, and I keep my frequently used / primary ones in a different directory.
That way you can still display account per categories if needed.
I just use Password1? for everything. No need to organize.
