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"Incredibly secure, easy to use"
Version: PasswordMaker 1.7.8
Pros
PasswordMaker allows you to generate exceptionally secure passwords based on various parameters you select individually. All you have to remember is your 'master password', which can be anything, including an entire sentence.
Cons
The system takes a little getting used to, since it is not a 'password manager', but a password generator.
Summary
The principle is simple: based on your selection of parameters, including your pass-phrase, this application generates unique passwords for every website you use. All you have to remember is your 'master password'. Whenever a site you use requires a password, you open the application (in Firefox, you open it from a small icon at the bottom right-hand corner), it recognizes the site you are on, and pre-populates the corresponding field. You then enter your 'master password', the application generates your password, you copy and paste it into the password field, and you are done.
What many reviewers apparently fail to recognize is that this is NOT a password 'manager'. NOTHING is stored anywhere. Not your master password, not the passwords in question. Even if your computer gets stoleno, there is no way anybody can find your passwords on the computer. More improtantly, because the system is based on the same principle used for public-key encryption (remember PGP?), even if somebody finds one of your passwords generated by this system (because you wrote it down), it cannot be used to 'guess' your master password. The encryption system is a one-way street (at least until we have quantum computers...).
Again, if you are looking for a system to store and manage your passwords, this is not for you. If you are happy with your self-designed passwords based on whatever private system you may have come up with, then you don't need this. If you want a password system that is based on sound cryptographical principles, and if you don't mind changing all your current passwords (which might be a good idea, since you have likely used the same passwords for a while), this is for you.
If you prefer storing all your passwords on your hard-drive, or on some 'password management' online storage, this is not for you. If you feel that trusting your financial safety and identity to the 'clouds' is unwise, this is the system you have been looking for.
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