How do you securely store your passwords? Any recommendations?

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I would like to get an app or something so that if anything happens to me DH can see what accounts I have and the passwords so that admin things can be dealt with and cancelled if necessary. It would also be handy in case I forget any of my passwords, although I hardly ever do.

So, I need something secure that DH can also access, perhaps one that can be shared so that he can store his passwords too. He is android/pc and I am iPhone/Mac so it would be good if it worked across all platforms or was cloud based.

TIA

write them down in a book

Sorry, didn't mean to sound flippant but it's an old school solution actually works amazingly well.

Not a book, should have said that. Physical stuff gets mislaid in this house, lost or accidentally thrown out.

Use the keychain within iOS and Mac OS, and then give him access to it on windows.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/icloud-windows/icw2babf5e03/icloud

I also use a shared folder on iCloud with my partner for documents they might need access to, i.e. house insurance, etc.

You might also like to look at setting up account recovery and legacy contacts for your Apple ID

https://appleid.apple.com/account/manage

We use Bitwarden which is free for personal use and works on all our devices.

Brilliant, I will check out both of your recommendations, thanks.

I've found keychain to be clunky and annoying in practice. It's all a bit hidden about what it's remembering and where so e.g. it's hard to find a stored password if the autocomplete doesn't pop up when it should.

Dedicated password managers are excellent. Netball already mentioned Bitwarden - the other most used/recommended tool is https://1password.com/. Either will be fab, it really just comes down to personal preference as to which to go for.

I've been using 1password for years and couldn't live without it. Having a different, strong password for everything you log in to is simply impossible to remember yourself.

Source: Grizzled IT professional with a keen interest in security.

I use a book, and because it's a special/important book it's never ever lost. It never leaves the house, unless we are on holiday - where I put it in the safe.
If someone were to find it, it would be useless to them as I have coded the passwords so no one else can decipher them but I can.

I use Keychain fine. I've never found it clunky.

I'd never use a password manager. 1Password would be the one to use if you were going to, as except for a minor employee issue they've never been hacked, unlike LastPass - but the potential to lose everything in one go is enough to put me off that!

So I use Keychain with 2FA on my Apple log-in.

I use Dashlane it's across both me and DH devices and laptops and via cloud if we are away. I love it and don't think too hard about what we'd do if it ever went down!

One of my biggest concerns with password managers is them being compromised, personally I would rather rely on Apple's track record and immense size, than trust a third party, who in turn are often reliant on other partners.

If I was a hacker, I know which ones I would go for...

The only note of caution I'd add to this is the same for backups - if you get burgled or your house goes up in smoke then your passwords/backups are gone too. Admittedly if that happens you'll have bigger problems, but struggling to log in to your online bank or insurer's website to raise a claim will be additional stress when you need it the least.

Password managers are very safe - even the LastPass issue mentioned above "only" got access to encrypted secrets. I.e. it was extremely damaging to LastPass's reputation but AFAIK nobody's passwords were actually compromised.

But it's absolutely down to personal preference whether the hassle of using a password manager over a physical book is worth it for the added safety net in the above scenarios. I just wish there was some kind of national awareness campaign so people can make an informed choice.

1Password - app works on iPhone/Android, application on Windows and MacOS, and browser add-ons for most browsers.

Have a corporate subscription through work, but will keep it if / when I leave as no couldn't live without it.

Highly recommended.

I use Keepass and store the database on Dropbox so I can access on my phone and computer. If you share the password and the file your husband could access it too.

Great, thanks all. I will start investigating.