My free password manager flagged a password I've used for years as compromised

I finally tried a password manager, Bitwarden, and its security check said an old password I still used for a forum was in a known data breach. I changed it immediately. Has anyone else had a password manager scare them into fixing a bad habit?

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scott.charlie1mo ago

Oh, that security check feature is a real eye opener. It basically held up a mirror to my terrible password habits from ten years ago. My old "secure" password was probably in more breaches than a leaky boat. The shame of seeing that list finally got me to stop reusing the same few codes everywhere.

rosebennett1mo ago

Bitwarden's breach check is good, but it only knows about public leaks. That old forum password was probably exposed years before the manager even flagged it. The real scare is how long we all go without checking.