One more password please?

You know it's important to pick good, secure passwords.  But more important is picking unique passwords. The last thing you want is for someone to login to your bank account right after you created that free account on freekittenwallpapers.com or when that trustworthy social site gets hacked.

Let's admit it, it's hard to come up with a good password, and almost impossible to do it when you're in a hurry.  Luckily, there's an app for that.  A bunch of them, actually.  My pick's Advanced Password Generator.

It offers batch generation of random characters passwords (pviiag3r2m34), pronounceable passwords (datercheekth), and Memorable passwords (ShoeSpews37Bumps).  Pick your poison, then copy it over to your favourite password manager and you're done.

Passwords manager

You've got dozens of passwords to remember.  Not an easy feat...

Android to the rescue!

There's an overwhelming number of password managers available in the market (or Play, as it's now called).  Should you use free software, or are the paid alternatives better?  What features are you looking for?

To make it simple for you, here's my pick: Pocket.

It's a free app that looks great and is very simple to use.  It uses strong cryptography to protect your sensitive information and allow you to sync your encrypted database to Dropbox.  That means you'll have a backup in case you loose your phone, and you can sync it between many devices.

A desktop version is also available as a windows application and cross-platform java jar file.  Having the option to enter your passwords from your computer's keyboard is valuable, especially when you're getting started and importing all your existing password.

No more excuse for those post-it under your keyboard!