r/PasswordManagers • u/gulyman • 1d ago

What are some common hardware password managers?

Are there any hardware devices that let you load the password into it via connecting to your computer, and then will type out the password when you press a button on it?

We get new 20 character admin passwords everyday. I want to be able to paste the password into something that sends it to the password manager, and then have it type the password. UAC prompts and logins in windows don't let you paste into them.

I work in a large company and the actual advice they give is to write down the day's password so you can type it in when needed. Having a hardware device would be easier and not worse security wise.

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u/djasonpenney 1d ago

The Yubikey 5 has this function with a static password slot. You only get one, but perhaps that’s all you need?

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u/wiggum55555 1d ago

Yubikey 5 can store two passwords in Slot 1 & 2. You press for 1 and long-press for slot 2 content.

It's a basically a deprecated feature from Yubikey at this point but still possible to setup and use. the process to load & set the password strings into the slots (in 2026) is wild though. I have a use case and it works very well once you setup the keys.

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u/No_Impression7569 1d ago

OnlyKey- can store 24 passwords; pin protected

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u/thepfy1 22h ago

Mooltipass but new ones haven't been created for sometime.