Saving passwords on a phone 

 

 

Writing down your passwords and keeping it somewhere safe, such as your wallet, is always a good route to take.  Encrypting your passwords, then writing them down and putting it in a safe place is great advice too. Instead of saving your passwords in your wallet, how about saving it on your phone?

Even the dumbest phone models today will probably include a Notes-type program that allows users to handily save helpful bits of information. And like wallets, phones are usually one of the most closely held personal belongings most people own. People have their phones in their possession more than their wallets and it’s always within reach. So physically, your phone is far more secure than your wallet.

 

One advantage a phone has over a scrap of paper is that a phone can be password-locked for extra security; wallets can’t. There are occasions when people close to you handle or even look through your wallet. You may trust them not to hunt for and steal your passwords, but the possibility still remains.

With a locked phone, both accessing and stealing the saved passwords becomes much more troublesome. For one thing, they’d have to know your password to get into the phone – and we are all clued up on how to create a strong password. Additionally, having to SMS, MMS, Bluetooth or otherwise extract the information out of the phone takes more time and effort, another barrier to theft.

 

Only save part of your computer passwords on my phone. In that way, the risk of someone getting hold of this information decreases and you will never forget a password again!