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• Must your password manager be multiuser or just single-user?

  Posted on March 18, 2024 at 02:44 CDT by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

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  By Brian Livingston

  So many websites these days require usernames and passwords of varying lengths and strengths that installing a secure password manager to keep track of them all is almost a necessity.

  But there are big differences between versions of password managers that are designed for a single user (for example, you) and versions that can securely inform multiple users about all the credentials your home or business has created.

  Today’s column is the final piece of my four-part analysis of password managers.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.12.0, 2024-03-18).

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• Store your passwords locally or in the cloud?

  Posted on March 4, 2024 at 02:44 CST by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

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  By Brian Livingston

  Do you create a different username-password combination for every website where you register? This can prevent a data breach at one site from revealing to a hacker how you sign in at other sites. But it almost demands that you install a password-manager app to remember every combo.

  All password managers, however, do not keep your secrets equally secure.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.10.0, 2024-03-04).

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• Can you use a free password manager, or must you pay?

  Posted on February 19, 2024 at 02:44 CST by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

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  By Brian Livingston

  We all face security threats on the Internet. A common recommendation by tech pundits is this: at each website where you register, enter a different username-password combination.

  Remembering all those combos — especially if you make up random strings, such as 6!p#o&a0%9b — almost forces you to install software called a password manager. But do you really have to?

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.08.0, 2024-02-19).

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