Don’t use autofill on your password manager
Password managers have long offered autofill—the ability for the service or app to automatically fill in login forms with your user ID and password on saved websites. But the feature carries risk, […]
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Proton Mail now includes a secure password manager
Proton Mail is the email service for users who value privacy and security. You know what else needs to be both private and secure? Your collection of hundreds of login passwords, for […]
You won’t need a password to use Dashlane’s password manager
The passwordless future is here, one in which you don’t need to slap long strings of random characters into a form for account access (much less remember them). Well—kind of, as it’s […]
How to use Microsoft’s free PC Manager for a digital spring cleaning
Microsoft PC Manager helps tidy up the inevitable clutter that clogs PCs: remnants of old updates, downloads, big ZIP files that you downloaded, unpacked, and forgot about. But it’s now a general […]
Don’t feel bad about using Chrome’s password manager
According to advice on the web, you should never use a browser’s password manager. Security experts particularly dunk on Chrome, the most popular browser. If they had their way, no one would […]
Microsoft’s PC Manager app pushes Bing Search as a ‘repair’
Microsoft’s PC Manager is a cool, useful, and free tool for PC users who want to optimize Windows quickly and easily. But using PC Manager apparently can also have unwanted side effects. […]
Do you really need a password manager in your antivirus software?
Today’s antivirus programs are full security suites packed with extra features. Many of the best antivirus programs often include a built-in password manager. That makes sense, as a password manager is an […]
How to use Android Device Manager
Apple users have long enjoyed the ability to track their devices if they were lost or stolen (see How to track a stolen or lost iPhone). The Find My iPhone option has […]
Chrome’s password manager recently swallowed over 15 million passwords
It hasn’t been a good year for Google. Last week, there was a glitch in Google Chrome that caused over 15 million passwords to simply disappear, forcing the global tech company to […]
You can now save passkeys to Google Password Manager on desktops
Yesterday, Google announced that we’re now one step closer to a future without passwords: you can now use Google Password Manager on both Android and desktop devices to save passkeys, not just […]
