Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Create a Unique Password for Every Website You Use



To generate unique passwords for all your online accounts by Password Chameleon.

Password Chameleon provides a different, unique password for every website you use.


The password problem

We all use a large number of websites every day. Many of these sites allow you to sign in using your email address and a password.

You should have a unique, secure password for every website, but remembering a different password for every site is almost impossible. Surveys show that most of us use the same obvious password each time we log in to an online account.
  
You should have a unique, secure password for every website you use.

Secure passwords

 

Your passwords should be hard to guess. Hackers use computers to try and log in with hundreds of different passwords until they find the right one. If you use short, simple passwords containing real words your password is not secure.
"Nearly 50% of people use names, slang words, dictionary words or trivial passwords [such as] consecutive digits, adjacent keyboard keys, and so on. The most common password is 123456."
Impervia
A secure password should be long (preferably at least 8 characters) and not resemble a real word. It should be a mixture of lower-case and upper-case letters, numbers and symbols.

Unique passwords

 

You should have a different password for every website in case someone finds out your password. This might happen if a website gets hacked, if you access a website on an unsafe computer (such as one with a virus), or simply if someone sees you type in the password.
If someone does find out your password for one website, and you use the same password on other websites, then they can freely access your accounts on other sites.
When the PlayStation Network was hacked, members' "name, address (including postcode), country, email address, birthdate, password, login, [and] password security answers ... may have been obtained."
guardian.co.uk

Remembering all these passwords

 

Remebering all these secure passwords is very hard to do!

Writing down passwords is not a good idea. If someone finds your list of passwords then they can access every account on every website that you use.

Some people use special websites or apps to store their passwords. This means you are either saving them on your computer or sending them over the internet and trusting a third party to keep them safe.


Password Chameleon to the rescue!

Password Chameleon provides a unique, secure password for every website that you use.
You do not need to remember or write down these passwords because you can get them from Password Chameleon at any time.


How to use Password Chameleon

Enter your secret password and the name of the website, and Password Chameleon will give you the password to use for that website.

You can then simply copy-and-paste the password into the site.


Ten reasons to start today

Still not convinced? Here are ten great reasons to start using Password Chameleon today.


Getting started

New to Password Chameleon? Here are some tips for choosing your secret password, updating your accounts and staying safe online.


How Password Chameleon works

Password Chameleon uses encryption to generate unique, secure passwords without sending information over the internet.


What it costs

Password Chameleon is free - but what does that mean, and how do we pay for it?


The large print

You use Password Chameleon at your own risk. Please read this page to find out more.

Apps for Password Chameleon

 

Password Chameleon is available for your phone or your computer.

 
Android

Password Chameleon for Android phones

 
Windows Phone 7

Password Chameleon for Windows Phone 7.

 
Windows Desktop

Password Chameleon for Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8.

 
Chrome Browser

Password Chameleon for Google's Chrome web browser.

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