/r/Passwords/

r/Passwords

20k members
r/Passwords is a subreddit with 20k 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
: "How do you handle password sharing with a team?"
14 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Password Manager Spreadsheet (every PW manager + every feature/security info in one spreadsheet) LINK"
9 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Locked out of Dashlane with a 100% correct master password — zero-knowledge UX failure"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Idea for 2FA / codes sent to you"
1 post
#5
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

: "Security of the "take every N character from phrase/sentence" password scheme?"
46 posts
#3

Manager

: "Passkey-only Manager app"
46 posts
#4

Passwords

: "Gmail Hacked With 2 Step Verification"
33 posts
#5

Password Manager

: "Which best Password Managers 2026 are good for everyday use?"
25 posts
#6

Account

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
Self-Promo
: "Building a password generator for my uni project. And i need help from here"
6 posts
#2
PDF
: "Yubico Layoffs"
2 posts
#3
Vendor
: "Aura confirms data breach exposing 900,000 marketing contacts"
1 post

Member Growth in r/Passwords

Yearly
+8k members(75.3%)

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Last updated: August 8, 2026