Most people use very weak passwords for each website they visit and it is very common to use low-security passwords because they are easy to remember, and (my favorite) the usage of the same password over and over again because, hey, it’s easy to remember just one.
But (thank you Internet), some websites started to require more complex passwords, such as a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols. You probably find it very annoying, but it’s actually very good because simple passwords are easy to hack and you could lose access to your account (like email!) just because you used a low-security password.
And this is where you find yourself in a bit of trouble – how to remember all those complex passwords? Fortunately, there is a little thing called PASSWORD MANAGER, which keeps track of all your passwords, and in most cases, you have to remember just ONE master password (but make sure you use a secure complex one).
A password manager is an app that uses a master password to encrypt all your usernames, passwords, data in a secure web environment. And this is why all online users should use a password management system to keep track of all their passwords and private information.
Here are my TOP reasons why everyone should use a password manager software.
1. You don’t have to remember all your passwords
With a password manager app, you don’t have to worry about forgetting your passwords. You don’t have to make a computer list or a paper list to keep track of all your passwords. All you have to remember is one single master password. Easy, right!
2. Automated login
No more manually entering your login info. No more misspelled passwords. No more big letter, small letter problems. Password manager remembers all your login info and auto-input all your data as soon as you get to a websites login screen. Great!
3. Encryption rocks!
Maybe you think it’s not that safe to store all your passwords in one web space, but the thing is that your data isn’t stored in a “normal” way – it’s encrypted (“1df41edfd21df7sd1fsd” – that is how a password “mylogin2018” looks like in the app – you would never guess it, right?). The app uses a special algorithm to encrypt all your data in a secure way.
“Most password managers are very easy to use and super friendly…”
4. Linux, Windows, Chrome, Firefox – it doesn’t matter!There are many password managers that you can download to your computer and most of them work on multiple platforms. I actually like web-based best because then you don’t depend on your computer, you can access all your passwords from the web, your phone, tablet or computer wherever you are.
5. Unique passwordsSometimes it’s really hard to come up with a unique password every time you get to a new website, but password manager can help you with that too. Most of them have this great feature – the ability to generate unique passwords for you and automatically save them so you don’t have to worry about anything.
6. Unlimited
In your password manager, you can save an unlimited number of passwords so you don’t have to worry that you will run out of space (or paper).
7. With you all the time
If you use an offline password manager you can simply put it on a USB stick and carry it with you (don’t worry – even if you lose it, no one can access it without your master password). Or if you use a web-based password manager, you simply log in to your account and access all your passwords (don’t forget to log out – but even if you do, most of them will automatically log out when you close the browser).
8. Easy to use
In case you haven’t figured it out yet – most password managers are very easy to use and super friendly so setting up and remembering all your passwords is like a walk in the park.
9. It’s FREE!
Some of them are free so you don’t have to worry about spending a lot of money just to keep track of all your passwords.
Now that we’ve covered all my top reasons why everyone should use a password manager let me tell you my favorite one:
LASTPASS
It is a web based password manager and it’s FREE.
So, get on their website WWW.LASTPASS.COM and make your internet experience a little bit safer.
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They spoke about a password manager the other day at work and I agree it’s very important. I am going to get one soon for myself.
Currently, I just let my browser save some of my passwords. I wonder if that’s safe, though. A password manager sounds like a good idea especially if it comes with encryption. I know my iPad has one because it keeps prompting me to ask if it should save a password…but I don’t have one for my laptop. And yes, I totally get it about recycling the same password just because it is easy to remember. Not a wise move. Let me try last pass. Thank you so much for the resource, Karmen!
I’m with Vidya and I also have them stored on my notes section of my phone but after reading your post I’m now wondering how safe that really is lol. I will try this out thank you so much again for your amazing wisdom and recommendations
I’ve been using Past Pass for over a year now and OMW is it amazing – it saves me so much time and effort every single day – generating me new passwords and saving them and then yes automatically logging me in.
I am glad to hear that it is so secure, that is one thing that worried me is that if I have all my passwords stored online what if it gets hacked. For this reason I save all my passwords except for banking, Paypal etc.. those are kept in my head!