your thoughts about making a great password are certainly useful. But it’s still better to never re-use the same password for multiple sites.

And if you are going to use multiple strong and complex passwords you definitely need a password manager.

(I know, I’m a tad biased since I’m the co-founder of Clipperz , an online password manager …)

With Clipperz you can do much more than simply storing your passwords
- direct login to online services
- offline version
- bookmarklet for quick data entering
- …

Give it a try and let me know your impressions.

Thanks,
Marco

You say ‘never re-use the same password for multiple sites’, and while I understand your approach, I have to admit that’s just near impossible - if not stupid!

Your password manager is pretty cool, but what happens the day it goes down, or something else prevents access to all your unknown passwords. I personally use no more than five different passwords. I change up the password I am using based on the type of service. For example, logon to my email, network ID, etc - I use my strong password. When logging into social network services, and other sites that might seem a little less trustworthy, I feel I must use a different password in the event that the password is compromised. This way, the person who might unveil this password, my name, my email address, etc will not have access to my email, bank, or other important information.

In the event of a password loss, the possible entry points are severely lessened. At any rate, this approach does not work for everyone, and certainly some people need to store their passwords somewhere. Though I strongly recommend remembering your passwords, it’s good to have quality products available. Thanks Marco!

Jeff

You asked: “what happens the day Clipperz goes down, or something else prevents access to all your unknown passwords?”

Luckily Clipperz comes with an “offline version”.

With just one click you can dump all your encrypted data from Clipperz servers to your hard disk and create a read-only version of Clipperz to be used when you are offline.

The read-only version is as secure as the read-and-write one and will not expose your data to higher risks since they both share the same code and security architecture.

Read more here.

Keep the good writing!
Regards,
Marco

I just signed up for Clipperz and I’m giving it a go. I gotta say I’m a fan so far. Its not much different than storing your passwords locally in an encrypted file. If you lose either password you’re out of luck.

I’m a little worried about the “all my eggs in one basket” issue, but for the social network-like sites it seems like a good idea. I still need to check out the offline version. If it works as described above I might be a fan.

Anyway, Jeff, have you had a chance to take a look at it? I didn’t see a post about it on your site yet.