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BEST PASSWORD MANAGERS

PASSWORDS ARE OF critical importance today, as the number of services we sign up to keeps on increasing. To simplify logging in, most people tend to reuse their passwords, which is bad practice.

To avoid this kind of repetition, password managers generate random passwords — usually a combination of numbers, letters and symbols so that they are harder to crack. In addition, the apps gather your credentials and store card details to make entering online details quicker and easier. Think of the information as being stored in a “vault” that can only be accessed using a single master password.

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