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> But the specific situations you mention are exactly the situations I've encountered in the past where my password manager isn't available either (which you acknowledge).

I assume by "specific situation" you mean, "when I'm on someone else's computer."

Does your password manager not offer a web vault? That's what I use when I'm on someone else's computer and don't have my phone with me.

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Yeah basically I was referring to the situations mentioned above. Someone else's computer, private browser, etc.

But then don't you have to login to your web vault? Why not just login to your email? Unless a web vault is something specific I'm not familiar with that makes it simpler.

EDIT: Didn't realize parent was not same person as great-grandparent.

Well, yes, at some point I have to login to something.

However, my email password is stored in my password manager. I can't login to gmail unless I login to my web vault first.

If a third service requires me to click a link in my email, this becomes a semi-rediculous three steps: web vault → email → other service.

Ah yes that makes sense. I wasn't considering that because my email password is one of the few I have memorized.

You would enter your master password on a device that you don't control? Are there any limits to this which would cause you to think twice?

No, I'd burn a one-time use password that I've set up for such purposes.

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