Which Password Manager

It's tempting to use the same password on multiple sites for convenience sake. But we know that this is not a good practice; someone gets your password and he has everything opened to him. Trying to remember more than 20 different passwords is next to impossible, particularly when they are "strong" passwords.

Some suggestions around this were:

- making strong passwords and letting your browser remember them. It is assumed that you lock them under one strong master password. It's also assumed that they are stored on your system in encrypted form (Firefox is the browser)
- developing a password from a saying (i.e. A stitch in time saves nine - becomes: asitsn) after which you would add a symbol at each end (i.e. $asitsn#) after which you would personalize it depending on the site (i.e. for Amazon: $asitsn#amz).
- writing them down
And finally... using a password manager.

The password manager seems the most convenient to me. The ones I'd consider are: Lastpass, Roboform, Keepass, 1password (for Windows).

Any suggestions from those experienced with these would be appreciated.

 

Roboform for over a year now - very happy - no problems. Easy to use and all you have to remember is a maser password.
Budo

 

Budo: I'm very tempted by Roboform since it stores the passwords on my computer instead of their servers (like Lastpass does). Is this primarily why you chose it over the other managers?

 

leushino that and the indorsements I had read in pc magazines.
Budo

 

So I'm assuming that when you say Roboform, you're meaning the Pro version since the free version is so limited. Is this correct? Is this something you pay for once or do you have to renew the license every year? Also, why not a free solution like Keepass or the solution of storing your passwords on your computer's using the Firefox password manager? Just curious.

Up until now I've used Lastpass but I'm increasingly skeptical of storing passwords on their servers.

 

Sorry to be so long in answering. To answer your question here is a quote from the Roboform FAQ
Currently updates to an existing version, such as upgrading version 6.1.0 to 6.2.0, is free. However major upgrades, such as from version 6.0.0 to 7.0.0 require an uprade fee, which is a reduced priced given to previous purchasers.

Definitely get the Pro version .

Haven't use the Firefox version so can't answer that.

As Pete says not a good idea to store passwords in other than own PC
Best regards Budo

 

So that way, when your PC gets stolen, all of your passwords -- including the ones you'll need to get more money for another PC -- are all gone forever.

 

I don't use a laptop so my computer is always sitting on my desk at home. The odds of it being stolen are very, very minimal. I'll take that risk.
Budo

 

Plus, the passwords are under a master password and in encrypted form so even if they got your computer, they'd still not have access to your passwords.

 

leushino you hit the nail
Budo

 

And neither will you.

IOW, it might be a good idea to store your passwords somewhere else as well as on your own PC.

 

That's a given. Currently I keep a copy in our safe. The point was that storing the passwords on your computer in encrypted form and under a master password is probably the better choice as opposed to on the cloud.

 

I have a further question, this time relating to Firefox and storing one's passwords on one's own computer. FF has a password manager. You can keep your passwords stored on your own computer in the browser and under a master password.

Questions:

- are the passwords stored in encrypted form?

- if the answer to the above question is yes, then how would a manager like Roboform be any safer than Firefox, if we forget about additional things such as form-fill?