THE PASSWORD MANAGER

 

A password manager is an application that can generate, store  securely, retrieve, and manage passwords and other login credentials.  It helps  keeping your privacy safe while browsing the web and accessing your favorite online services. 
Password managers let you collect and store all of your passwords and login information for various accounts in one easy-to-access app that can log you in to any service you have subscribed to with just a couple of clicks or taps.

 Password managers are the safest way to keep track of your passwords, as they allow you to use stronger passwords without needing to memorize anything. Security experts generally recommend using password managers to keep your data safe.

 

The ease of access to your passwords usually puts an end to two of the most common security problems involving online services: using the same password for multiple sites, and using easy to remember, and thus easy to guess, login credentials.

It's important to use different passwords for each and every site/service you use because if one of the sites or services you use is hacked and the hackers gain access to your name and password, they will start trying your name and password combination on lots of sites (think banks and social media sites). By having completely different passwords for each site/service leaves you far less vulnerable.

Easy Recall of Complex Passwords

With a password manager, secure logins involving long and complex passwords are no more difficult to use than the simple one you've been using for years. Many of us use passwords that are easy to remember, usually involving some bit of personal information.

 

  Blue  Whale  may be easy to remember, but it's also easy for someone else to guess or for a password-guessing app to figure out.

A better password is one that uses a long sequence of letters, numbers, and characters that may or may not contain any dictionary-based words.

 

 Password managers can also help put an end to nefarious sites being able to successfully spoof a legitimate site and abscond with your password when you try to login. The way a password manager puts an end to this is by carefully comparing the site's login URL with the one it has stored for the original site. When they don't match, the password manager doesn't offer up your login credentials.

Basic Features of a Password Manager.

1. a password manager should have at least the following core features:

• Secure storage: All data stored within a password manager needs to be securely stored using encryption techniques. Ideally, the encryption method used should be well known, ensuring that it meets the highest standards.
• Master password: During the initial setup you create a master password, a single strong password to rule them all. Remembering a single strong password that unlocks access to all your passwords is a good trade-off; one password is a heck of a lot easier to remember than dozens.
• Secure and easy-to-use interface: It goes without saying that the password manager's user interface should be easy to understand and simple to use. Less well known is that the interface itself needs to be secure. A good password manager will make use of secure resources to protect against decrypted login credentials from being swapped or paged out to disk space during the course of routine  use.
• Searchable: It may seem obvious, but a good password manager needs a strong search capability so you can find the credentials you're securely storing. The ability to not only search based on service names and form data, but also on tags and categories, will help make the password manager a better app.
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• Additional Password Manager Features.

   Import/Export: The ability to import passwords from either a competitor's product (and earlier versions of the same product), or from  a defined file type, can help you get the password manager set up with your information. Export options should allow for saving the data in encrypted formats as well as decrypted.

  • Browser integration: Allows the password manager to automatically capture login credentials when registering for a web-based service. It also allows for automatic filling of a login request when the password manager contains the required information.
  • Form fill: Besides being able to fill in login forms, some password managers can also 
  •  respond to repeatedly seen web forms and fill them in for you.Multiple identities: The password manager can handle it when there are multipleregistered users for the same service and allow you to pick which identity to use.
  •  Password generator: Able to create custom passwords based on parameters you specify, such as character length, type of characters to use, or word restrictions. Many password generators also predict the generated password's strength. The stronger a password, the less likely it is to be guessed or unraveled.
  • Two-factor authentication: The use of multiple factors to authenticate your master login. This can be in the form of the master password plus a secret token or PIN provided through a second device. The second factor could also be through biometrics.
  • Biometric authentication: Use of fingerprint or other bio metric methods to establish identity. Can be combined with a two-factor authentication system as one of the factors.Biometric authentication: Use of fingerprint or other biometric methods to establish identity. Can be combined with a two-factor authentication system as one of the factors.
  • Some  Password  managers -
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    1Password

    aWallet

    Chrome Password Manager.

     

    Dash lane

     

    KeePass

     

    LastPass

     

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