Choose The Right Password Manager

Posted: November 21, 2013

Using password managers can be a great way to keep track of the multitudes of passwords we all have. Keep in mind that the password manager you use can be susceptible to being hacked, just like any other software. Learn what to do to keep your passwords safer.

Lincoln Spector, Contributing Editor for PC World, shares which password managers are more secure than others.

Some Password Managers Are Safer Than Others

Susan Taylor worries that password managers may not be sufficiently secure. "What if the password manager company is hacked?"

That's a very good question, and one that we all should worry about. In this day and age, when a large and established company such as Adobe can get hacked, are any of our passwords safe? If Adobe had been storing their customers' banking and shopping passwords, the 38 million people effected by that incident would be in much worse trouble.

But that doesn't mean you shouldn't use a password manager. Without one, you're likely to use the same password over and over again, and pick passwords that are easy to remember and, therefore, easy to guess. That's dangerous, too.

What it does mean is that you need the right kind of password manager.

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