How to Use Dropbox as the Ultimate Password Syncer [How To]
Lifehacker — ... regular old files and folders over the internet and to the web, but with a little ingenuity, you can use this free software to ensure important application data stays in sync no matter what computer you're using. With the right setup, you can sync your passwords over the internet so you've always got access to the latest versions of your secure passwords no matter where you are. Keep reading to find out how. I'm going to detail how this works with the open-source password manager, KeePass , and with the Mac-only manager, 1Password the top two favorites in our recent ...

KeePass Password Safe works great
PalmAddicts — ... Nowadays I'm carrying a WM device with me and installed KeePass on it. The application looks very good and works smoothly. I save my data in a file that is synchronized with ActiveSync to my PC. On my PC I have the KeePass desktop application running and now I'm up and running with me usernames and passwords. Best of all is that KeePass is free! What I really like is that KeePass store the data in a folder structure, so data is easily organized and I keep good overview of the data. http://keepass.info/ ...

Top 10 Ways to Lock Down Your Data [Lifehacker Top 10]
Lifehacker — ... , and while there are plenty of encryption tools out there, TrueCrypt is a nice balance of hard-nosed security and understandable, actual-human software. 1. Use KeePass. Love KeePass. Be secure. [image] It works on any system, it works with any program, and you can have it automatically between your computers. In short, KeePass is pretty indispensable for anyone who isn't doing the bad, bad thing of using the same password on every web site and computer app. Once you've ...

Securing your data
Hack a Day — ... along with password management tools like KeePass. They also suggest using temporary credit cards to mitigate the impact of fraud. ...

The Essential Guide to Internet & Software for First-Time Computer Users
Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog — ... With so many websites around, you’ll soon find it very hard to remember all those passwords so get into the habit of putting down all the different passwords into KeepPass from day one. ...

Selecting a Safe Password Manager for Storing your Secret Passwords
Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog — ... KeePass is a popular desktop based password manager that’s available for all operating systems and even some mobile devices. It stores all your logins and passwords in a single database that is protected by a one master password. ...

Five Best Portable Applications [Hive Five]
Lifehacker — ... KeePass [image] Using the same tired password for everything is a big security risk and so last century. KeePass is an excellent password-management tool in fact, it topped the list of ...

Hive Five Winner for Best Portable Application: Portable Firefox [Hive Five Followup]
Lifehacker — [image] Portable Firefox was sworn in as the most popular portable app following this weekend's Hive Five Best Portable Applications , raking in a landslide 52% of the vote. The second spot goes to media Swiss Army knife VLC Portable , followed by password manager KeePass in third.

Tools for data encryption & password vaults for Data Privacy Day 2009!
D' Technology Weblog — ... Password Vaults: KeePass Password Safe LastPass

Strong and Weak Passwords
Technology - Channel Feed — ... Password management is a big hassle that every Internet user has to deal with today. Apart from the regular ones that I use, I try out new products and services all the time and have over 50 different accounts as I speak. So I use a password management software called KeePass, which is open source. In the past, Jesse suggested several others like Billeo, Vidoop and ...

How Do You Store FTP Login Information For Your Clients?
SitePoint — ... Password management utility, like KeePass Web-based FTP program that saves your data online, like AnyClient Excel spreadsheet Online (or even paper) notebook Currently, I store all of my client data — including FTP logins — in a web-based project management system (Intervals), which is secure and accessible by my subcontractors, clients and anyone else who needs to access the data. Having it in one central place also eliminates the problem of dealing with outdated passwords, provided ...

What I Learned from Having My Laptop Stolen
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... My next overwhelming sense of loss (and that which stays with me to this day) was the loss of privacy. I did use a program called KeePass to protect my passwords and some other private information (I now use ...

Password Lessons and Tips from Our Readers [What You Said]
Lifehacker — ... That way, if I don't remember the password, it's written in small text somewhere near me, but it wouldn't be instantly recognizable as a password. Plus, they were usually alpha-numeric and greater than 6 characters. In most cases, that's a decently secure password, and one with a nice backup recovery option. But, again, you wouldn't want someone to spot you reading the back of your phone while you're logging into your work terminal. If you've got a software-unlocking solution like KeePass , though, you could implement such a carry-around password as a master unlocker even ...

In Depth: 10 easy ways to boost your online security
Techradar - All the latest technology news — Many people think that installing anti-virus, firewall and anti-spyware software should inoculate them from all manner of threats. The truth is, you need to be a bit more savvy than that. Read on to find out 10 really easy ways to close the security holes that still remain on your PC. And if you're called upon to clean the junk off a friend or relative's PC this Easter break, you might want to share this link with them to save you getting called back out again in a week. 1. Augment your anti-virus tool Threatfire is designed to work alongside existing ...

Lifehacker Laptop Bags: Kevin Purdy Edition [What's In Our Bags]
Lifehacker — ... and my Keepass vault , of course. [image] USB phone charger: Not exactly a genius revelation, and certainly nothing new for iPhone owners. But if your phone didn't come with a USB cable, it's almost always worth getting one and from a relatively trustworthy third party on Amazon or eBay, unless you just love paying a lunch worth of markup. If you spring for the Belkin mini-surge mentioned above, you can charge your phone almost anywhere without monopolizing a port. Even if not, you can at least grab just enough power to ensure you catch that next important call. [image] ...

The Gear and Tactics from Lifehacker's Laptop Bags [What's In Our Bags]
Lifehacker — ... and a KeePass password vault. The latter item is combined with a comfortable pen and slipped in a front bag pocket for easy to-do/note access. The Tactics [image] Airplane rides for two: "When you're on a long plane ride with your significant other, this ...

The Gear and Lessons from Lifehacker's Laptop Bags [What's In Our Bags]
Lifehacker — ... and a KeePass password vault. The latter item is combined with a comfortable pen and slipped in a front bag pocket for easy to-do/note access. The Tactics [image] Airplane rides for two: "When you're on a long plane ride with your significant other, this ...

Simplifying Email [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... your electronic communications. Celine wrote about this recently, and I’ve talked about it, too. Oh, and one more: Remember your passwords. This is obvious to you and me, but I’ve heard “I didn’t know I had a password” way too often. Online services like LastPass, or programs like 1Password, SplashID, or the free KeePass (Windows and phones; also available for Mac and Linux) can be lifesavers. How do you ...

Gadgetwise: Managing Passwords Securely
NYT > Technology — ... to remember one master password (or use a fingerprint or other biometric). Many of these tools also generate hyper-strong passwords for you with a click, so you also no longer have to bend your mind trying to come up with them. They also have the added benefit of offering some protection from password theft by malicious keylogging programs and phishing sites. As a Mac user, I got two main recommendations. The first was a free, open-source program that security pros like called KeePass , which was built for Windows but is available for Mac, Linux and BSD if you also download ...

SourceForge Gears Up For Community Choice Awards
OStatic blogs — ... Categories run the gamut from technical (Best Tool or Utility for SysAdmins) and entertaining (Best Project for Gamers) to "life-changing" (Most Likely to Change the Way You Do Everything). Nominated projects are equally wide-ranging and while there are a number of familiar names like KeePass Password Safe and ...

SourceForge Gears Up For Community Choice Awards [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... Categories run the gamut from technical (Best Tool or Utility for SysAdmins) and entertaining (Best Project for Gamers) to "life-changing" (Most Likely to Change the Way You Do Everything). Nominated projects are equally wide-ranging and while there are a number of familiar names like KeePass Password Safe and ...

How to Stay in Sync Across Multiple Gadgets and Desktops
Maximum PC all RSS Feed — ... That’s where KeePass comes in. KeePass is a free, open source password safe. It allows you to generate a unique, totally random password for every site or service you use, while only requiring you to remember a single master passphrase. Whenever you attempt to log into a service, KeePass asks for your master passphrase, then automatically enters the appropriate password from your safe. ...

SitePoint Podcast #20: YouTube Deep-sixes IE 6
SitePoint — ... What? (Jeffrey Zeldman) Search Marketing Spending Up, Expectations Down Search Spend Expected to Grow Despite Lack of Confidence (SearchEngineWatch) Host Spotlights Patrick: Insurance In Plain English Brad: Send your name to Mars Stephan: Fever and the Future of Feed Readers Kevin: The Anatomy Of The Twitter Attack, 1Password, KeePass, PwdHash, MagicPasswordGenerator Thanks for listening! ...

In Depth: 7 best programs to protect your passwords
Techradar - All the latest technology news — ... token security via an encrypted USB key too. LastPass is available for almost every platform bar iPhone, but there is a mobile version of the website and it's possible to use the bookmarklets even on mini Safari. The only thing it lacks to be near perfect is third-party certification from one of the big security outfits – you have to take the privacy policy at face value. 2. KeePassX, free A spin-off of the open source Windows-only KeePass project, KeePassX is a multiplatform vault which is a simple but secure desktop ...

Synchronize Web Passwords with Dropbox and RoboForm [Passwords]
Lifehacker — ... passwords and form data into web sites. File synchronizing tool Dropbox makes RoboForm even more convenient and automatically up to date. Web Worker Daily suggests that keeping your RoboForm profile inside a Dropbox folder on every (Windows) computer you use gives you instant access to all the passwords you've added from work, home, or any system you surf on. We've previously highlighted Dropbox's use as an ultimate password syncer using the free, multi-platform KeePass , and for strict Firefox users, XMarks does a decent job of securely syncing ...

Sync Your Passwords Across All Computers with RoboForm
Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog — ... (available for Windows/Mac/Linux and support most browsers except Opera) or download KeePass password manager and sync password information across computers using Windows Live Mesh. Unlike LastPass or RoboForm, KeePass won’t fill forms for your automatically. ...

12 Tools For Managing Your Passwords
SitePoint — ... KeePass: KeePass is an open-source program that allows you to secure your passwords with a single master password or a key-file.  It is primarily for Windows, but there are versions for Linux and Mac OSX that aren’t as robust.  You can also go mobile with versions for PocketPC, Symbian, BlackBerry and PalmOS. ...

6 Easy Ways to Secure Your Hotspot Sessions
OStatic blogs — ... Get Smart With Passwords. Are you overwhelmed by the number of passwords you have to manage? Hand off the problem to KeePass Password Safe. It runs on all popular platforms, including mobile platforms, where it's handy to have a password manager. It encrypts your passwords and lets you unlock them with one touch. This is good to keep on a USB key. ...

61 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For [Downloads]
Lifehacker — ... Downloads ) FileZilla (see also: Five Best FTP Clients , Build a Home FTP Server with FileZilla ) VirtualBox (see also: The Beginner's Guide to Creating Virtual Machines with VirtualBox ) TrueCrypt (see also: Geek to Live: Encrypt your data , Five Best Portable Applications ) Avast! (see also: Five Best Antivirus Applications ) Defraggler (see also: Five Best Disk Defragmenters ) KeePass (see also: Eight Best KeePass Plug-Ins to Master Your Passwords , How to Use ...

Top 10 Cross-Platform Apps that Run on Windows, OS X, Linux, and Morehttp://buddi.digitalcave.ca/index.jsp [Lifehacker Top 10]
Lifehacker — ... has you covered. 9. KeePass [image] Computers, portable, cellphones: You use a multitude of applications and web sites that require passwords, license keys, and administrator codes. On one computer alone, that makes it worth having a central vault for all that stuff. If you use more than one computer, having a consistent KeePass database is really, really helpful. Encrypt your master password database with a file only you have access to, and/or a truly secure single password, and you can take that list just about anywhere on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhones, Android, BlackBerry, ...

Top 10 Cross-Platform Apps that Run on Windows, OS X, Linux, and More [Lifehacker Top 10]
Lifehacker — ... has you covered. 9. KeePass [image] Computers, portable, cellphones: You use a multitude of applications and web sites that require passwords, license keys, and administrator codes. On one computer alone, that makes it worth having a central vault for all that stuff. If you use more than one computer, having a consistent KeePass database is really, really helpful. Encrypt your master password database with a file only you have access, and/or a truly secure single password, and you can take that list just about anywhere on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhones, Android, BlackBerry, ...