[kwlug-disc] 2FA Google Authentication and Best Practices with passwords

[Darren Pond]

Good Day KWLug
Going down the rabbit hole of password management.

Seeking Best practices with documentation & Password?

I recently cracked my cell phone display losing access to it.
At last I was prepared for this as just the previous weekend I had updated
my password collection, 190 and counting which I keep on a Libr spreadsheet
in KDE Linux vault and second paper copy at my brothers house.
Long story longer. When my father passed away last January he also was
attempting to keep track of passwords. Only his mental state had both
slided & his method of recording was totally random and has taken months to
clean up.
Or another simple issue is my not so tech friendly wife should also have
access to PW's

What is everyone doing about Passwords and documentation?

This new to me Google Authentication at first look was ok seems like a good
idea.
Until you lose access to your cell phone or consider how your Personal
Executors and Powers of Attorney family members will tackle your asset and
find all the information that we deemed Password worthy.

Yes I know its possible to access bank accounts with brick n mortar via a
paper documentation. If you have lots of personal cash flow, time and you
actually live in the same province as the family member, but what about all
those other accounts that need to be dealt with?

The Google Authentication 2FA is pain to me as I want to use my Desktop KDE
linux with a nice large screen and keyboard instead of being pulled back to
the cell phone each time.
 Once I open the program that I need the 2FA its a struggle to get back to
Desktop to continue to work.

Any workarounds on KDE Linux I should be exploring?
Keepass also looks like a convenient option for not so important PW that we
use all the time. Still have yet to figure out how to get it to work on KDE
and Firefox.

Is Yobikey a solution or is this just another weak link in cyber and social
security. like oops I lost the key. Or does any know where dad may have
left the key.

Side Note any KWlug KDE users out there that have time to hold newbie hand
and field the occasional question?

Darren
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