Strong Passwords That You Don’t Have to Remember
Summary
To be truly secure, a password should be so long and so random that it couldn’t be deciphered even if the encrypted version stored by your bank or your e-mail provider fell into the hands of a hacker.But ultimately, even systems like PasswordBox can’t guarantee that your online data will always be safe, or that hackers will never find a way to drain your bank account, run up your credit card bill, or wipe your cell phone.Wired senior writer Mat Honan, the victim of a much-publicized 2012 hacker attack, says “The age of the password has come to an end; we just haven’t realized it yet.” Be that as it may, there’s still going to be a long transition period.So it makes sense to investigate services like PasswordBox that can boost your protection, while easing the burden of remembering all your old-fashioned alphanumeric passwords.Browser makers have tried to help by adding features that offer to remember multiple passwords, but they only work for selected sites, and with the exception of Firefox, they don’t sync across your desktop and mobile devices.
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