Anyone have a recommendation for a good piece of software to securely keep track of lots of different passwords?
Ideally I’d like something that can sync between PC and iPhone…
thanks…
I use KeePass on a PC. Not sure you will find anything that synchs between a phone and a computer, let alone between a PC and an iPhone. On second thought, a Google searched revealed this.
Whatever you do, don’t use use LastPass. It’s apparently been compromised.
I’m completely computer ignorant, but anything like that sounds ripe for hacking. I say “Pencil and Paper!”.
But I’m an Idiot. And most of my passwords are Paul Newman quotes anyway.
My work gives us Password Safe to store all our passwords in. I like it, it’s pretty small and simple to use. It doesn’t automatically fill in the passwords in fields, but doubleclicking the entry puts the password into your clipboard so you can paste it wherever you want it to go.
I’ll second KeePass. There are various plug-ins and add-ons; maybe there’s one for PDAs and/or smart phones. There’s definitely a version made super-compact for USB drives if you’re looking for portability. I created a generic user manual if you want a copy.
–G!
“So now, instead of a dozen passwords to mix up,
you have just one password to completely forget.”
, [One of my colleagues in IT]
I use Keeper by Callpod.
http://callpod.com/
It works for PCs, Macs, Iphones, Android, Windows phones…
It lets you sync between them.
You back your info up in a cloud, or direct to your PC/Mac.
It also lets you set up an autowipe of your info, if 5 unsuccessful attempts to log in are made.
There is a free version, if you want to try it out. The free version does not allow you to back up or sync, but you can at least get a feel for it.
I use Password Safe on my PC and Android phone. I use Dropbox to keep them and all sorts of other things synced.
keepass is great. There is ikeepass.de for an ipad version. I use keepass plus dropbox to keep my encrypted passwords current between phone and home computer. My phone is an android phone so I have no personal knowledge about ikeepass.
So does this mean that if I want to make your life miserable, all I have to do is attempt to log into your account five times and you are now locked out of all of your accounts?
I use 1Password and can synch wirelessly between my Mac and my iPod touch. I see they have a version for Windows also.
I’ve used it for years originally on Palm and now on Android. It syncs wirelessly with the desktop app. I’ve got hundreds of passwords on it.
I’m using Sticky Password, on a friend’s recommendation. He knows a lot more than I do about this kind of stuff… It seems to work pretty well… No problems yet… I don’t know if it syncs between devices.
LastPass had some sort of server anomaly some months ago, but the chances any passwords were actually compromised were virtually nil for users with strong master passwords. I still use it, and haven’t had any trouble with any of my passwords. It has plugins for Firefox, Chrome, IE, and Safari, and also has mobile apps available (though you need to purchase a premium subscription for the app, it’s only $12 per year).
I second 1Password. Syncs between PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, etc. and syncs to Dropbox. Not cheap, but totally worth it.
Solely because of this thread I am now using keepass and dropbox for my passwords.
I ended up getting DataVault, which seems to do everything I need just fine. Thanks for all the recommendations!
And I use roboform
First, you would have to get hold of my iPod, and try it there.
Once you did, and I got my iPod back, or got a new one, I would just have to backup all the passwords from the copy on my PC, which is also password protected.
Yep. We set this up a year or so back when we just had iPod Touches.
To sync really seamlessly, you can use Dropbox. I think to do the wireless without Dropbox, you have to manually do a couple of steps.
We set up the Windows version on a trial basis, because that was what was required to set up the Dropbox sync between our two iPods. But it only needed it to be there for the initial sync.
The passwords themselves are protected by a pretty tough security algorithm which requires a pretty complex “master password” (well, it can be as complex as you want to make it). Basically I chose something that had meaning to us and only us and that’s the only thing we need to remember.
The desktop version can interact with your browser and enter passwords from its store, which prevents them from being captured by keyloggers. It’s more expensive (20-30 dollars vs. the handheld 10 dollars or less).
There’s also an Android version, but that is readonly - you can’t enter stuff in it. So it’s only useful if you have it running on a desktop or iPhone/iPod.
Anyway - once you have it set up and do the Dropbox sync for the first time, it’s seamless and automatic after that.
I too use KeePass, and store the file in my DropBox folder to keep it synced between devices.