Please forget your passwords
Industry attempts to raise awareness about picking better passwords have fallen flat. Many people are picking easily hackable passwords and needless security breaches persist. One solution is to forget passwords and use apps and browsers that automatically generate strong ones and store them for you.
Easily exploited passwords including "qwerty," "ninja," "Jesus," and "123456" are still being widely used. Many Web sites require strong passwords when accounts are created, but a needless security gap remains. There are multiple password management apps for Android, iOS, and desktops that are more effective.
Several free Android apps securely store passwords on a single device or sync across several devices (the latter scenario usually isn't free) including PCs. They generate random passwords too, which are far stronger and more unique than ones that people pick for themselves. Those apps include:
- aWallet
- F-Secure Key
- Keeper
- mSecure
- Norton Identity Safe
- PasswordBox
- Password Genie
Some of the top iOS apps are:
- 1Password
- F-Secure Key
- Keeper
- LastPass
- Norton Identity Safe
- oneSafe
- mSecure
- PasswordBox
- Wolfram Password Generator Reference App
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This post was originally published on Smartplanet.com