Whenever a major company is hacked or encounters a security problem, such as when Yahoo was hacked in 2016 and exposed the personal information of over a billion accounts, or when Twitter reported in 2018 that they had accidentally stored passwords in clear text, experts tell us to
stop trying to memorize all our passwords and instead use a password manager.
And that’s when most of us stop reading…
Why is that?
Because it’s really hard to think of passwords in a different way.
But it’s an extremely important step in ensuring the security of your information.
What is a password manager?
A password manager is essentially a virtual safe in which you can safely store all your passwords. Because when you use a password manager, you no longer need to remember every single password, you can make them very long and complicated.
Your passwords are also encrypted, so even if your password manager is hacked, all the individual passwords stored inside are safe from hackers. Discover the benefits of using a password manager in our video above.
How do we think about passwords today?
We currently think of passwords as something we keep safe in our heads.
But we’re really bad at remembering random things.
So we can only keep a limited number of different passwords in our heads.
And that’s the danger , because when a hacker discovers one of your passwords, he knows how to access many other sites – with the same key.
Of course, you can try to have slightly different variants of the same password.
But hackers know that you will – so they use simple computer programs to understand these transformations.
How do you think about passwords?
The most important thing we can do is to stop keeping our passwords in our heads.
Instead, we need to put them somewhere else – and lock them away for greater security.
This way, the only thing we need to remember is the password to access the safe.
And once you’ve unlocked this digital safe, you can view all your passwords in an interface.
But isn’t it annoying to have to retrieve the password for every site?
This can be a hindrance when you want to switch to a password manager.
But what’s really great is that password managers and your web browser make this process so much easier.
Most password managers know when you need to enter a password, then automatically retrieve it for you.
The most annoying thing you’ll have to do is open your password manager, then copy and paste the password into your login.
But it’s easy to do, and above all, it gives you greater security.
Now you have all the arguments in your favor to switch to a password manager for better data security.
If you’d like any further information or assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact us .
