HACKER Q&A
📣 alecjstewart

How many online accounts do you have?


The one thing I hate about the modern day Internet is how you have to create an account to do pretty much anything. Over the past few days I've needed to use a few services, and go figure, I needed to sign up for all of them.

That got me thinking: how many online accounts do I have and how does that compare to what other people have? I checked my 1Password account and have about 170 unique logins for online accounts. So, I'm curious, how many do other people have, if they know at all?


  👤 DamonHD Accepted Answer ✓
Many tens. Too many.

I generally do without marginal services that require me to sign up, eg if an online shop doesn't have a checkout-as-guest option, or my local council's consultation stuff (so I make merry hell about being disenfranchised instead).

Every extra account is a security risk, and even though I am careful I note that a few of my accounts have been compromised over the years.


👤 smcphile
For what it’s worth, I currently have about 160 unique logins. I should probably delete some of them. They all of course have different passwords. 148 of them are stored in a password manager and about a dozen are stored only on paper, kept in a safe place.

👤 mtmail
235 in my password manager and 15 in the generic 2factor app. Plus a couple where the service has their own 2 factor app (banks).