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IIRC at least my last 3 Nokia phones have had a secure password manager built in.

posted by : Steve, 18 December 2008 Complain about this comment
Maybe I misread

Maybe I didn't read the article right, because I don't see any mention of the device having a security mechanism of its own, like a login? Gee, if that's so, then the device is ironically stupid and pretty dangerous if you ever lose it.

posted by : Jose Miguel, 18 December 2008 Complain about this comment
Useless Much?

My laptop has a finger print reader and a PIM with password store. I can't go around forgetting my finger prints.

My G1 has a pattern password to get in the phone and then there is a password manager app.

Why would I spend money on something available in one form or another on all of my devices.

Toss in the fact that you can use a standard format to your passwords such as always using vowels and having replacement characters or always using numbers and convert them using a very simple formula.

Then you need to remember 5 consistent keys or a stupid simple formula like (10*X)-2 and even if someone steals and hacks your (phone/laptop/piece of paper in your wallet) they are stuck with a bunch of passwords that don't work.

Live having and encryption key in your head and that is also free and quite easy to remember rather than 19 personal passwords.

posted by : Majatt, 18 December 2008 Complain about this comment
Overpriced and fragile.

£18 for something that will wear out? And you have to remember and then type in the keyword for each web-site.

Try £0 for Firefox + PasswordMaker. It knows the domain name so once you've typed in the master pass phrase filling out passwords is a clik away. And you can copy the setup file to wherever you are and not worry about others finding it, they will need the master pass phrase.

posted by : Tim Phipps, 18 December 2008 Complain about this comment

Pocket password organiser keeps your secrets safe

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