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Many online services nowadays insist on arbitrary password rules, such as a capitalise­d first letter, a minimum number of special characters and so on. It’s only natural to consider using password managers to safely store all your passwords. But these tools also boast of some additional features to make your life easy.

The browser-based bitwarden boasts several usability features. Its context menu can be used to autofill the login details for the currently open site if you have a correspond­ing entry in the vault. You can also enable an experiment­al auto-fill feature, which will automatica­lly fill the login details when the page loads. The tool also prompts you to store the new credential­s to the vault every time you create a new account on a website. The tool also provides apps for Android and iOS, as well as a web-based interface from its website. Using this interface you can also create organizati­ons, and add different users to each organizati­on. You can then share parts of your vault with other users in the organizati­on. The free account lets you share with a single user, and you must purchase a premium account ($10/year) to share your vault with more users.

Along with browser integratio­n, KeePassXC and bitwarden also offer TOTP support. This OTP generation method provides further security for stored passwords.

You can click the globe icon next to the URL on a entry in LazLock to open it in the default browser. The tool also provides buttons to copy a username or password to the clipboard.

PasswordGo­rilla lets you configure a browser such that middle-clicking an entry automatica­lly launches the browser. You can also enable the autosave feature, so that the database is saved automatica­lly after every change. Since the database is stored on the local machine, there’s a chance you might accidental­ly delete it. To protect you when this happens, the tool also lets you configure a backup path for databases.

Apart from storing passwords, credit/debit cards and notes, Encryptr doesn’t have much else. You can double-click on the username or password in an entry to copy it to the clipboard. You can then paste it into the correspond­ing field on the website.

 ??  ?? You can share bitwarden vaults with other users.
You can share bitwarden vaults with other users.

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