Re: Google Gurgle
Joshua Cranmer wrote:
Roedy Green wrote:
Does anyone use a tool to store all those dozens of passwords
securely, and have them paste in, like the old Gator did in years
past?
My home version of Norton anti-virus has a web credentials locker which can do
this. Supply it with a master password and it will auto-fill login credentials
to sites you allow it to. However, I removed NAV when I found it was diverting
all failed DNS lookups to an advertising web site - not what I expect from
commercial, purchased, security software.
What I use to record web logins (and other info as well) is eWallet, a secure
vault which runs on both Windows Mobile and on Windows PCs, and syncs between
them. It doesn't enter info directly into websites, but it does mean I always
have the information with me (unless I forget my mobile phone).
On a related topic, I'd like to voice my everlasting displeasure at
sites that make you choose password reminder questions from a
ridiculously small, easily-derived guess. Anyone doing research on me
could probably easily find my birthday, mother's maiden name, and the
first school I went to. My first pet's name probably isn't that hard as
well.
There is no requirement to tell the truth. Tell them anything - give your
Mother's maiden name as Eton College, what does it matter? As long as you never
forget the password, or remember which question and what incorrect answer you
gave, then you have no problem.
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Nigel Wade