PSA: That $200 password manager subscription I bought was useless

I paid $200 for a year of SecureVault Pro last January thinking it would auto-fill everything and stop all my phishing worries. Turns out it kept missing logins on half my sites and the sync broke between my phone and laptop after one update. I wasted 4 hours on their support chat before I gave up and went back to just using my browser's built-in tool for free. Anyone else get burned by a paid security tool that promised way more than it delivered?

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susan4244mo ago

Oh man, $200 for a password manager that can't even remember its own job sounds like a steal. I mean, who doesn't love paying extra to get frustrated? Maybe it's just me but built-in browser stuff has never let me down for free.

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evangarcia4mo ago

Susan said "maybe it's just me but built-in browser stuff has never let me down for free" and that's the part that got me thinking. The real trick nobody talks about is that paid password managers actually make you a bigger target for hackers because they know exactly what software you're running from the update pings. Your browser's built-in tool is basically invisible to them since it's baked into the system and doesn't send out those "hey I'm here" signals to the internet. Plus that $200 subscription just made you a walking advertisement for why people shouldn't trust paid security tools, which is kind of hilarious when you think about it.

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