Most people now have a slew of passwords they must remember for email, online-banking, social networking, and many sites and services. Some people have dozens or even hundreds of online accounts.

In these cases I have seen users applying the same password to multiple accounts (give or take a digit or two). That makes it easy to remember but it's very insecure. A cybercriminal can crack one website with weak security to get your password and unlock your entire digital life.

On the other hand, if you use a different password on each site every time you sign up for a new service or membership, you have a very slim chance at remembering very many of them.

There are a few tricks to get around the problem of remembering passwords, but you can use a password manager such as Password Dragon (freeware http://www.passworddragon.com) to do the remembering for you.

You can download Password Dragon for free. During the installation you will be prompted to create a Master Password. Choose this password wisely because it will be the key to all of your personal data. It must be both very strong (with a variety of letters, numbers and symbols) and also memorable, lest you forget. Do not write it down as all of the information you enter into Password Dragon is protected by this password.

- Once the program is installed, it can be launched from a USB drive.

- Password Dragon is a free, easy and secure password manager that works on Windows, Mac and Linux. View the screenshot.

- First of all it's free. No strings attached. Password Manager does not contain any spyware or ad-ware.

- The application is very intuitive, user friendly and easy to use. Password Management has never been so secure and easy.

- Files are encrypted with Blowfish J algorithm. Remember only the master password.

- Works on Windows, Mac and Unix as this is written in Java. Can be launched directly from USB thumb drive.

- Organize all your userId, password, url and notes information in one file

- Store additional information using the 10 additional customizable attributes

- Data files are encrypted with Blowfish J algorithm

- Command line extension. Ability to view records from the command line without launching GUI.

- Available in Multi Language.

- Built-in random flexible password generator

- Copy userId and password to clipboard

- Password Strength indicator

- Data files are automatically backed up.

- Application Inactive timeout. i.e Lock the application if not used for x minutes

- File Locking Facility

- Launch URL from the application

- Either Choose browser for URL launch or use system default browser.

- Records can be grouped using user defined categories. Very flexible category management.

- Import records from text file

- Export all/selected records to text, HTML and XML file

- Search records on all/specific columns

- Record sorting based on column names.

- Password can be masked in the main table and in the record view.

- Ability to specify the startup sort order and startup category

- Ability to choose the look and feel. (Kunststoff Look and Feel is the default.)

Pro

FREE: First of all it's free. Password Manager is a freeware.

EASY: The application is very intuitive, user friendly and easy to use.

SECURE: Files are encrypted with Blowfish J algorithm. Remember only the master password.

MULTI-PLATFORM: Works on Windows, Mac and Unix as this is written in Java. Can be launched directly from USB thumb drive.

Store all your userId, password, url, notes, custom attributes etc. in an encrypted file

Con

Must be launched from a USB drive

Conclusion

Nice program. Simple and platform-independent. I have it on my USB Stick