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How to deal with Mom who CANNOT learn how to use a password manager, but demands I "fix it" (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've become the tech guy, and family are extremely entitled to my services. My mom especially. BTW I can't cut her out, because I still live with her and she EXPECTS me to fix anything computer related. She won't take no for an answer.

I've tried to keep track of her passwords with a password manager, I've spent literally 8 hours in a single day filling out captchas and replacing passwords, and I've spent even more time trying to teach my mom how to use the manager.

She CAN'T learn it, and always makes a new password, which she doesnt keep track of and expects me to fix it. What the hell do it do? She uses firefox, with auto refill on, but it doesn't autofill on her iphone.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Make a document with all of the passwords and save it to her desktop. Print it, too, and leave it in a drawer.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (4 children)

OP says part of their problem is that their mom wants to access the passwords from her phone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

honestly, with that level of carelessness or stupidity they really shouldn't use a smartphone

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

honestly, with that level of carelessness or stupidity they really shouldn't use a smartphone

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

Get a Pixel?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sounds like mom can’t fuck with inputting passwords at all.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yep. She CANNOT copy and paste. I've tried to teach her, long hold and tap copy, hold and tap paste, but it just doesn't click.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

She wants you to be her bitch. If she could she'd make you take a shit for her.

Old people aren't stupid. Somehow they got that old. "Can't" nah, "won't".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Here’s to wishing Webauthn will suddenly take off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

won't fix the problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Why not? Maybe because I’m in the Apple walled garden I’ve been spoiled, but it’s literally just scan face/finger (depending on device) and go on. It’s dead simple, and if websites would stop prompting for a username/password beforehand that would be even better.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 15 hours ago

won't fix the problem.