Password Managers

A password manager is exactly what it sounds like: It manages your passwords. A good one will store them in an encrypted database somewhere. Bad ones, like the ones found in web browsers, will just leave them lying around in the same directory on everyone's computer, ripe for extrapolation.

Not only will it store your usernames and passwords in a secure environment, separated from your web browser, but it will help you keep track of them as you accumulate more accounts at more websites and servers. There is an actual condition called Password Fatigue, which is basically just like Dunbar's Number, but for passwords instead of people.

Note: Many password managers offer the lovely “feature” of being able to tie them to your browser with an extension. This completely undoes the security benefit of not having literally every single one of your accounts open to whatever gets into the browser (which in 2024 is one of the biggest attack surfaces of everyone's computer, tablet & phone). Your browser only needs what it is using on a regular basis, you do not need to give it the proverbial Keys To The Kingdom.