/r/Passwords/

r/Passwords

19k members
r/Passwords is a subreddit with 19k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses password, security, manager, passwords, and password manager, and they frequently recommend/review password managers and password manager.
r/Passwords is a community to discuss password security, authentication, password management, etc. Application of password security and research are on-topic here. We do not hack accounts, we are not professional support for Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc., and we will not recover lost or hashed passwords.

Popular Themes in r/Passwords

#1
Solution Requests
: "What is the best password manager these days?"
25 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "I made a Comparison Table to find the Best Password Manager, need advice"
9 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Locked out of Dashlane with a 100% correct master password — zero-knowledge UX failure"
4 posts
#4
Ideas
: "I made a Comparison Table to find the Best Password Manager—what did I miss?"
2 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "I built a zero knowledge password manager open for beta testing and feedback"
1 post
#6
News
: "New Phishing Campaign Targeting LastPass Customers"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/Passwords

#1

Password

: "My Password is too easy to guess?"
135 posts
#2

Security

: "CERN accelerates towards usable Security with new password policy"
46 posts
#3

Manager

: "I made a Comparison Table to find the Best Password Manager, need advice"
46 posts
#4

Passwords

: "Plex suffers data breach and tells users their Passwords "were securely hashed...meaning they cannot be read by a third party""
33 posts
#5

Password Manager

: "What's the best Password Manager you're using right now?"
25 posts
#6

Account

: "Reddit Account Help"
15 posts
#7

2fa

: "Idea for 2fa / codes sent to you"
10 posts
#8

Gmail

: "Gmail Hacked With 2 Step Verification"
9 posts
#9

Recovery

9 posts
#10

Google

: "I just got an email from Google that one of my passwords is compromised."
8 posts

Products Discussed in r/Passwords

#1
1Password
5.0 from 2 reviews
#2
Keeper
4.5 from 2 reviews
#3
Bitwarden
4.0 from 1 review
#1
KeePass
4.0 from 1 review
#2
Proton Pass
5.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/Passwords

#1
PDF
: "Yubico Layoffs"
3 posts
#2
Self-Promo
: "Most weak passwords aren't hacked, they're guessed. I built a game around that idea."
2 posts
#3
Vendor
: "Aura confirms data breach exposing 900,000 marketing contacts"
1 post

Member Growth in r/Passwords

Yearly
+9k members(88.0%)

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Last updated: July 23, 2026