Bank accounts, dating sites, email, Facebook, Instagram, other email accounts, PC login, Twitter, websites, work, and on it goes. What do those things have in common with most everything else on your computer? Correct, passwords.
Five years ago I wrote about various ways to keep your bazillions of passwords safe. DO NOT do what some non-savvy users do and write them on a piece of paper cleverly hidden under your keyboard. Yes, I have actually known people to do that. I also do not recommend creating a text document, spreadsheet, etc. with password protection as these are not really too secure.
I used to exclusively use KeePass (keepass.info) which is an excellent program; however, from emails I have received it is a little cumbersome and difficult for some. Especially when used in several locations like work computer, home notebook, tablets and also phones.
I have recently switched over to LastPass (lastpass.com) which I find incredibly more useful in several respects. When I mentioned LastPass five years ago I was slightly negative toward it since it had just faced its first hack attack. However, that being said, it totally survived that attack and has not had a major attempt since.
LastPass puts your password information on its servers but that database is protected by your password and keys only you and your computer have. This is a very safe combination in that if your account was hacked at LastPass in the cloud, the hackers would still not have the information they need to get in. That would have to come from you.
LastPass’s online storage enables you to access your passwords online from any location on any computerized device. That makes it incredibly easy to use anywhere.
LastPass has many features but one of my favorites is once it is installed and set up. You are able to save passwords as you browse, and when you go to that site next time LastPass will autofill the login for you if you want it to, as long as you have first logged into LastPass.
Another good thing in its favor is if you have three Gmail accounts, 12 Yahoo accounts, and any number of others, it will remember them individually and let you log in to the correct one with the correct password.
As with all applications available today there is the free standard version and also a premium version. The premium version gives you other beneficial features but you know me. In my opinion the freebie gives you everything most users need, so try it out.
If you use this link (rd.dblclx.com/20vo3US) to sign up for LastPass you and I will both get to try out the premium version for a while. That way we can both see if its is that much better.
Free or Premium really does not matter, this app will let you be much more secure online. It will allow you to create a variety of passwords (which LastPass can even create for you) so that you are not using the same password for everything. Come on, you know you are doing that since we cannot possibly remember a bazillion of them.
Let me know if/when you try it out. Below you can see some of the items in my LastPass vault.
