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Are you able to use your password manager in public places (or on a friend's laptop)? And is that secure in those cases?

If not, this might be a good second option for a site to have that doesn't involve you resetting your password:

First option - normal password Second option - email one-time key Third option - reset pw via email (if you really need to)

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> Are you able to use your password manager in public places (or on a friend's laptop)?

Any accounts that are accessed on other people's computers should be unimportant (e.g., email accounts that aren't associated with financial accounts) because those computers could be compromised. Unimportant accounts don't require strong passwords, so a password manager isn't needed for accounts that one might access on other people's computers.

I can pull up my password manager on my phone. That would take maybe slightly more time than opening my mail client on my phone.

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