It’s okay to write down passwords until you can remember them, but it’s not a good idea to keep them on the notepad under your mattress forever nor store them right next to the computer for any length of time. I would be willing to bet that you have at least one note on your computer display either at home or work with some sort of hard to remember bit of information on it.
#Msecure vs 1password 2014 software#
This category of software applications replaces the bevy of Post-it® notes surrounding our computer displays, looking like little yellow flags for the country of Jibberish. Password managers are de rigueur for the computer geeks among us, but are still a new concept for the majority of users. Thankfully, there is a way to keep hundreds or even thousands of unique userid’s and passwords organized and safe. The easy answer is to use unique userid’s AND passwords in every instance, but it would be a herculean task to keep more than a handful of passwords straight.
Hackers take these userid and password combinations and try them at other popular websites, hoping a reused combination will work so they can steal user information (SSNs), financial information (checking account numbers, or money, in the case of ATM PINs) or personal information (useful for blackmail). Recent data breaches at national retailers have exposed millions of userid and password combinations. This is like using the same tissue over and over, yuck! Daunted by the option of creating a new userid and password when signing up for a new service, many people take the easy path and use the same userid and password for all of their online activity. Passwords have become a necessary part of our lives many websites, from the mundane coupon-clipping site to your bank, use passwords for account tracking, and of course every credit card, bank account and ATM transaction requires a password or PIN code. These necessary evils protect our personal information from thieves, but how do our trusted instruments of security become agents for hackers? When we are betrayed by a much loved userid and password pair.
#Msecure vs 1password 2014 full#
Our lives are full of passwords, lots and lots of passwords… for everything.
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