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Manage Your Passwords with LastPass

Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by Chinmoy.Kanjilal.

Managing many passwords over the Internet is a big hassle if you are registered at a lot of places. Not only does it become hard to think of new passwords, it also becomes even harder to keep them secure and remember them.

In these situations, most people are forced into using the same password for multiple websites which can be much less secure than having several strong passwords. This can be easily avoided using a password manager. A password manager needs us to remember only a master password, which can be used to access login information for all user accounts.

The most important thing while using a password manager is to check for features, otherwise it becomes similar to saving passwords in a password protected document. Almost all browsers have a password manager nowadays, but this application makes an optimal password manager.

LastPass is a free application with many options making password management super easy.  In addition to LastPass as just a software application, you can also use the LastPass Firefox extension if you prefer.

There are some unique features in LastPass making it the best password manager.

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How To Create Secure Passwords

Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by Will Mueller.

In this digital age, security is a top priority. Daily, thousands fall prey to one of security’s most vunerable loophools – bad passwords. Yes, that is right, the thing that is suppose to help you keep your social networking, bank, and computer accounts safe actually is the number one cause for false entry.

And do you know what the most common password of all time is? You guessed it, password! So, today we will be looking at the top 3 sites for generating strong, secure passwords.

Here they are (in no particular order).

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