If you're like me you have loads of passwords for anything and everything on the Internet. I have recently taken to making my passwords totally random combinations of letters and numbers. This makes remembering them next to impossible, which means there is now a text file full of passwords sitting on my desktop. Not the perfect situation to be in.
Enter KeePass - a very nice application for storing usernames and passwords. You have a single master password per database which means only you can open your own passwords (ideal for users on a network/ a computer with more than one user. It has a search system so if, like me, you have a lot of accounts you can find what you are looking for nice and quickly. What's more, like all good things, it's free - which makes it very very good.
Many sites require registration to access free content - for example news sites that make you create an account to find out what's going on in the world. A service I use to save having to create all these accounts is Bug Me Not. There are many sites listed on BugMeNot, all you have to do is enter the details of the site you want to access and if available a username and password will be displayed. If unavailable you will be given the chance to create an account that others can use.
BugMeNot is also available as a Fire Fox extension. This adds BugMeNot to the right click menu on your mouse - when used it automatically fills in the correct fields and submits the form logging you in.
Using both of these systems you will never have to remember another password again (well... just one)
4 Responses to “Passwords – KeePass and BugMeNot” Leave a reply ›
Just skipping on over from WordPress forums. Lovely layout. It's always fun to see the design process.
I just discovered BugMeNot from Macworld magazine a few days ago and it's absolutely wonderful. I wish I had known about it earlier. Thanks for the heads up on the Firefox extension.
Hi Janice - I've been using the bugmenot extension for a while. It's probably one of my favorite extensions, and that gives me an idea for a blog post.
its pity that the bugmenot login/passwd are no more working for many of the popular sites though it may work for some highly unpopular sites...shame on you guys...if its not working then you should say so and let others not go through the pain of trying each and every password out there ... and not blindly follow what others are saying...if you know about any other similar tool of website that does the same thing then do post that here....else keep your mouth shut...
I hope this isn't directed at me, I was simply linking to a cool resource, I haven't been involved with the development in any way shape or form. To be honest I had pretty much forgotten about bugmenot - I've not needed it in years - and this blog post was written in 2005
However I too would be interested in an alternative if anyone knows of any.