Password Managers

[praktik]

So latest ep of the Skeptic's Guide had an internet security dude on talking about password managers, which I had *NO IDEA* existed

but sound frickin' awesome

Basically you can have the app hold as many passwords as you need and from what I understand, this dude has like ALL his passwords in this app, 25 characters long in combos he would never be able to remember - doesn't even have to know any of them.


Just loads the app, clicks a button - and the login populates.

Any tribers have experience with these? Will add these experiences to the results of my google-fu, just want the best app the first time...something I can use on desktop and mobile simultaneously.

 

[derek]

i've been using keepass for years with no issue. i change passwords quarterly as a good practice

you can use on your desktop and mobile simultaneously

it's also opensource

KeePass Password Safe

 

[g0nz0]

I have also been a KeePass user for a few years, it's great.

 

[Bernnie Federko]

Big fan of KeePass

 

[Aaron Bradley]

LEET!

Definitely cool, but I remember everything... every access card I've ever had, every phone number, postal code (just re-tested myself on postal as I changed my address yesterday), even every phone number in my phone.

When that goes, I'll kick back to one of these.

 

[glych t.anomaly]

i have 236 contacts in my phone......

how many do you have?

 

[lobo]

I've used keepass for years on my desktop and it's helped tremendously. Last summer I started playing around with Lastpass since there was a nice Chrome plugin and there's supposed to be a decent Android/iOS app as well. Haven't gotten the app yet but I'm tempted since I've got $20 just sitting in my android wallet.

If you don't want to be bothered with remembering a different password for every site/app and making it strong enough then these password managers are definitely recommended.

Lobo

 

[DJ Vuvu Zela]

1password.

if you're using mac iCloud now supports password management, but i've been using 1password for years and have been satisfied so i really haven't felt a need to switch over.

 

[deep]

Lastpass fan here. Multi-platform (mobile, android, ios, mac, windows), multi-browser, auto-login / fill, auto-complete forms

 

[Aaron Bradley]

i have 236 contacts in my phone......

how many do you have?

one sec...

148



... and the ones that are not stored in my phone.

 

[derek]

i hear good things about lastpass. buy i've used keepass for so long now and it's all my passwords and it works, so no need to switch

probably a given but worth noting keepass is multiplatform as well.

 

[praktik]

looks like there's a few good options out there!

thanks for all the advice!

 

[acheron]

I use enpass - has mobile and desktop versions, they sync via cloud/dropbox. Also has a nice strong password generator. Very handy. Copies desired password to clipboard for you so you don't have to try to transcribe gibberish