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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] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She doesn't have money dude, nobody like this does. You have no way of knowing if she had more debt than assets.

Just use Chrome everywhere, and sync it to Google. There should be chrome for iPhone.

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

That's not true. The wealthiest people in the world are abusive as fuck. Is it possible she's swimming in mountains of debt that outweigh her value? It's entirely possible. But it certainly isn't a guarantee

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Right, but it's not healthy to rely on getting it. If you do, you have double the job of trying to prevent them from bleeding themselves dry.

Best to think it's a myth, and then get the chance of a nice surprise later.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

She's smart enough to have a financial advisor, and honestly they're the reason she has as much wealth as she does. Other than that she is kind of a corpse. Shell lie in bed for days at a time, her screen time is often around 18-22 hours per day.