Password Manager is a freeware. EASY: The application is very intutive, user friendly and easy to use. SECURE: Files are encrypted with BlowfishJ algorithm. Remember only the master password. MULTI-PLATFORM: Works on Windows, Mac and Unix as this is written in Java. Can be launched directly from USB thumb drive.
I hate passwords. I hate coming up with them.
I hate remembering them. I hate mistyping them four times in a row. Last day on earth for pc.
And I hate getting locked out of whatever I'm trying to log into in the process. That said, I hate being hacked only slightly more, so I've done my part to use passwords that aren't 'password123' or something equally foolish. The hard part is keeping them straight, which I could do by writing them down -- but isn't that a security hole all over again? Heck, I've known that since I was a kid. I saw 'WarGames.'
[ Roger Grimes'. Discover how to secure your systems with InfoWorld's. ] Password vaults, aka password safes or password managers, help solve this problem. They give you a central spot to store all your passwords, encrypted and protected by a passphrase or token you provide. This way, you have to memorize a single password: the one for your password vault.
All the other passwords you use can be as long and complex as possible, even randomly generated, and you don't have to worry about remembering them. If having your passwords in a single encrypted store were all you needed, then a password-protected Microsoft Word document would do the trick. There has to be an easier way. One of the reasons I looked at these password vaults was to see how easy it was to work with them over an extended period of time. If they didn't provide much more convenience over simply copying and pasting passwords from a text file, they'd hardly be worth using. So here are eight of the leading password managers available, ranging from services designed to be used mainly on the Web to client-side apps with a slew of incarnations.
With each, we tested the Web incarnation (where applicable), the Windows client, and the Android version, the latter a Samsung Galaxy Note 6 running Android 5.1.1 with fingerprint reader support. In the long run, -- theoretically, anyway. For the foreseeable future, passwords are here to stay. As long as we’re stuck with them, we should use strong ones that and protect them as best we can. The applications reviewed here make those objectives far easier to meet and can spare you a huge amount of typing tedium.
Password management is something that you often a lot about in today’s news. Apple has begun supporting various flavors of password managers through APIs while also offering a fairly decent password manager built right into. You might be wondering – what is the best place to store your passwords and other information you want to keep secure? There are number of third-party options such as,,. As I looked at Apple’s offerings and all of the alternatives, here is how I judged them: • Syncing capabilities • Multi-platform support • Overall user experience • Pricing and plans Safari’s Password Manager The first option that most Apple users will see is the Password Manager built right into Safari. While I don’t think it’s nearly as robust as some of the third party alternatives, it’s brought a lot of good to iOS and Mac users.
When you go to create an account on a website, Safari (iOS or macOS) will suggest a very strong password and then offer to remember it. It will then sync that information over iCloud Keychain to all your other devices. This feature helps keep users from reusing the same password over and over again. If simple password creation is all you need, then Safari’s password manager might be enough. It checks most of the boxes: it syncs to all your devices, it works on iOS and macOS, and is built right into Safari (so it’s free). My main concern is that the overall user experience isn’t near as good as some of the alternatives. The only way to access your passwords is by going to Safari > Preferences > Passwords.