Secure Password Managers
Posted by Msevensoftware Msevensoftware on Saturday, June 9, 2012
Under: Computers
I've just discovered a great product - mSecure Password Manager. mSeven Software, MSecure’s developer, provides both a Windows password manager and a Mac password manager as well as password management for several Android and iOS mobile devices.
I don't know about you, but I've been concerned about using any password manager that claims to keep my personal information safe on a cloud service. So I did a little research to investigate this emerging technology.
One of the most important things I found out was that MSecure Password Manager uses Blowfish encryption, an open source cypher system that has never been effectively hacked. As an added benefit they hash the master password with SHA-256, which creats a large and unque encryption key. The master password is never stored in the password manager.
The data in mSecure is stored and maintained on my Windows password manager or a Mac password manager., so the encryption of personal data is done on my device or computer. No entering my master password in a browser or my unencrypted data on cloud computing server where someone can snoop my data.Since the data is always encrypted during sync operations, it’s not dependent on security of the cloud server or firewall configurations. Since the data is stored locally, it is accessible even if you cannot connect to the Internet or a server is down. In addition, when installed on a desktop, mSecure can become a personal password server over a private wireless network, which allows it to sync a number of different types of devices.Overall, while password managers and digital wallets are still not mainstream software, they soon will be because they keep your personal information safe, secure and accessible.
I don't know about you, but I've been concerned about using any password manager that claims to keep my personal information safe on a cloud service. So I did a little research to investigate this emerging technology.
One of the most important things I found out was that MSecure Password Manager uses Blowfish encryption, an open source cypher system that has never been effectively hacked. As an added benefit they hash the master password with SHA-256, which creats a large and unque encryption key. The master password is never stored in the password manager.
The data in mSecure is stored and maintained on my Windows password manager or a Mac password manager., so the encryption of personal data is done on my device or computer. No entering my master password in a browser or my unencrypted data on cloud computing server where someone can snoop my data.Since the data is always encrypted during sync operations, it’s not dependent on security of the cloud server or firewall configurations. Since the data is stored locally, it is accessible even if you cannot connect to the Internet or a server is down. In addition, when installed on a desktop, mSecure can become a personal password server over a private wireless network, which allows it to sync a number of different types of devices.Overall, while password managers and digital wallets are still not mainstream software, they soon will be because they keep your personal information safe, secure and accessible.
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