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There are much more than 5, but I will start with these main points:
- You are human… never mind, no one is perfect.
- We live in modern world with its cons and pros
- We live in the era of globalization, just admit it
- We live in the era of internet, Do you understand what this means?
- There are bad guys there in the web, beware
Do I have to explain? OK, let’s make it clearer.
1. You are human, aren’t you?
You may forget anything, - your keys, your eyeglasses, your documents and your wallet. You DO forget your passwords. And even if you do remember your password, you can mistype it. “To err is human”. If you type it wrong several times – your account is blocked, and you have to ask administrator to reset it. And how often are you required to change your password to your bank account, web access, corporate VPN, etc? You wish there were no passwords at all. Just open the webpage and you are in.
2. We live in 21st century, aren’t we?
We have MANY accounts. We are using computers. We are working hard in the web. Therefore we have LOTS of passwords to remember. But we are still humans after all. And we do forget. Do you want to bet that you cannot remember 5 strings in a row? Just give it a try. Please remember the following:
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mLUafc$eMJm_ |
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IR_^Z7R(F8zH |
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Bp}Ea4O7Xk*s |
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p#VnD4}B}Z^} |
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@Bu&KG}N0n[X |
Yes, maybe YOU can remember these 5 passwords. Then you are a genius and maybe this reason will not urge you to use these products, but let us look to the next reason.
3. We live in the era of globalization.
You can find yourself tomorrow in Milano, drinking a tiny cup of strong espresso in the internet café on the Via Corsa Di Porta Romano and trying to type your password for your Gmail account, but… you cannot find necessary letters, symbols are in the wrong place and the whole keyboard is somehow different… What a mess! And the very next day you appear in Russian beautiful city of Snt. Petersburg and find out that the keyboard is Cyrillic. You wish you could enter your password automatically, just like that - open the webpage and you are in, but at the moment you even do not know how to switch a keyboard to Latin layout. Ha?!
4. We live in the era of the Internet.
We keep information there. We purchase goods and services. We look for a partner or a spouse. We watch movies, we listen to music. We… Everywhere we go there in the web we need to prove our identity (the same username/password). Someone can guess it. Someone can spy it. Someone can get access to our money, documents, entire life. We are exposed to risks! Oh, my god!
What is even more alarming -
5. There are bad guys in the web.
Do you know what identity theft is? Did you ever receive some message from your bank that was never sent? Did you ever get an e-mail, requiring resetting password to your account? These messages are called phishing. If you ever followed their instructions – you’ve lost something. You’ve lost money or information or something even more valuable, like identity. Identity is not virginity, you never enjoy loosing it!
Is there a way to be safe, portable, light-hearted? Is there a way to make it convenient? Is there some automatic, simple, user-friendly and clear solution, working in the background and doing hard work for me? Maybe there is some solution that is not using much recourses of computer working on any PC without installation? Maybe there is some solution that I can take with me wherever I go?
Yes! There is an ultimate, convenient and secure solution. Use password manager. Use password manager that fills forms automatically and does not require from you any additional actions. Use password management system that is convenient and user-friendly. Use the one that keeps your private data in encrypted database. Use n-Pass! This is my personal advice.
You, whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever you do, you need:
- Password management
- You need it to be portable
- You need it to be secure
- You need it to be simple, convenient and automatic
- You need it to be n-Pass!
Forget your passwords!
Give away your Stick-It notes!
Delete your text files you used to keep your passwords in!
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Great article. However, to get the best portable password manager, you need to look elsewhere.
Check out SignupShield which was security Editors’ Choice of PC Magazine in May 2008.
Dear Abe,
SignupShield maybe a very good software. There was an outstanding review in Top10reviews that recommeds Roboform, which can be a good software, but I could not use it.
The software is like cuisine - personal taste dependant :)
I personnaly use and recommend n-Pass.