Google’s password manager is very useful tool for efficient and easy management of a large number of passwords. You already know how it works, it is a password manager that takes care of remembering them safely by using encryption and that recovers them when we need to use them.

If we use a large number of passwords for different services and sites, it will save us a lot of trouble, but it does not mean that it is perfect.it can also cause us more than one problem if it has some kind of bug or failure that affects its proper functioning, something that happened just a few days ago.

On July 24, a bug in Google Password Manager was confirmed affected more than 15 million users in Windows operating systems and prevented them from using their passwords. Imagine the scene, a person who is completely dependent on this tool to access their essential services and applications was unable to do anything for almost 18 hours, which was the time it took Google to fix the problem.

It is clear that this incident was a serious problem, that is indisputable because as I said the affected users They couldn’t use their passwords for 18 hours, but it must also be recognized that Google managed to solve it quite quickly, since the end did not even last a day. Apparently it was all because of failed update which made it impossible for the manager to access the stored passwords.

It is not a good idea to rely solely on Google Password Manager

I understand that managing multiple passwords can be complicated and that it can be impossible to remember or keep them all. However, given what happened, I think it’s best to have passwords for the most important services and apps that you need to use daily or with some frequency, written on paper or stored in a safe place which you always have access to.

That way, you’ll have peace of mind that these passwords are essential to your everyday life They are always within reachand that they will not depend on third parties. This is exactly what I do with everything I need on a daily basis, I have these passwords memorized and also written down in a physical format just in case, while I keep secondary passwords and passwords for less important services in a password manager.

If I have any problem at any time could i reset these passwords connected to the manager by various means, for example using an email address or a classic text message to a smartphone to receive a security code.

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