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Risks of Using a Weak Password

Hackers target companies—both small and large—and manage to steal user credentials; in 2024 alone, Viamedias, Almerys, France Travail, Auchan, the French Football Federation (FFF), Picard, Boulanger, Norauto, SFR, and Free all experienced data breaches.
Passwords should be stored as hashes, an irreversible fingerprint—but if a password is too simple, a brute‑force attack (trying every combination) or a dictionary attack (testing known passwords and their…

Following last week’s article on password-related issues, here’s one that focuses on solutions.

Password Managers

A password manager is a software tool that acts as a vault for your passwords. It addresses the challenges of creating complex, long, and unique passwords for each account without requiring you to memorize them.
These tools typically include features like auto-fill suggestions, password generation, synchronization across devices, secure storage for credit cards, and encrypted notes.

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Below is a comparison of the TOTP managers we tested.

	2Fauth	Aegis	Authy	Ente Auth	Google Authenticator	Microsoft Authenticator	Proton Authenticator
Desktop app	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅
Mobile app	❌	✳️	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Web page	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
Service icons	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
Steam Guard compatible	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Manual entry	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Import	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅
Export	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅
Dark theme	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅
Self-hostable	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
License	AGPL-3.0	GPL-3.0	Proprietary	AGPL-3.0	Proprietary	Proprietary	Open source

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