- Whether we like it or not, (upbeat music)
passwords are part of our daily life.
And guess what? (loud screeching)
You suck at it.
And that's where password managers come in.
(air whooshing)
For most of us, there are three problems
that keep us from having a more secure password profile.
First, we tend (typing)
to create crackable passwords,
then we tend to reuse those passwords over and over again.
And finally, we tend to prefer convenience over security.
So what is a password manager?
A password manager solves each of those three problems
by helping you create long, complex passwords,
helping you store those passwords in a secure vault
behind a single master password that only you know,
and then providing convenient access to those passwords
on any device whenever you need it.
If the trouble of setting up a password manager
just seems like too much work for you.
I promise. It's not.
And throughout the rest of this video,
I'm not only gonna walk you through
how a password manager works,
but I'm also gonna show you how easy it is
to set it up. (air whooshing)
So how does a password manager work?
Well right now you're probably reusing the same passwords.
over and over again, or you're writing them down
on a sheet of paper that you keep near your desk
or keeping them on a file on your computer.
All of these leave you extremely vulnerable to hacking.
They're not very secure ways to do passwords.
And as I said earlier, a password manager acts
as both a password generator and a vault.
So let's say that this box is a password manager app,
it's gonna help you create a very long, strong password
that includes uppercase, lowercase numbers, symbols,
anything to make it complex
and unique for every single login that you have.
You then store that login inside the password manager app
behind a master password that you set
and hopefully only, you know.
So that way, when you wanna access all
of your different logins, you only have one password
that you have to remember.
And all of these other passwords are not only unique,
but they're also incredibly strong.
There are a number of great Password Manager apps
on the market today.
For the most part, they all operate exactly the same
with just a few minor differences in features.
I use 1Password.
So that's the program I'm gonna use to show you
how to set up a master password in just a moment.
But I want you to know
that there are many other options out there,
including some free open source options.
So do your research before you make a choice.
Now let's dive in.
Now the first thing you're gonna need
to do after you install any password manager app is you need
to set your master password.
And I can't stress this enough,
you need to set a very strong master password
that you can remember those are two very important things.
And if you need help creating
or having a strategy to create that password,
you can watch this video here where I offer some ideas.
Now, when you log in, you're gonna notice here
that I have over 300 logins.
That is probably a lot but you might be surprised
at how many logins you have after you start adding all
of your different online logins to a password manager app.
Now there are two main places
that you could create new passwords
as you're setting up a password manager app.
The first is within the actual program
where you can go in and create a new login.
So let's say I wanted to create a login
for a Facebook Test account.
I could have a test email, and then a password,
which would hopefully be a whole lot better than that one.
And then I would put it in @facebook.com.
And then I can save that I have the option to add notes
or tags, anything I want to,
but I could save that new password,
and it is now part of my vault within 1Password for me.
Another easy option is just to log in
to your regular account.
So if I were to log in, I can save this
into my password manager app directly from the browser.
And this allows me to either update, save login
or save a new login, let's say Facebook, Facebook Tester.
And now I've created a new login
that I can access anytime that I want.
Facebook Test, this is the one that I created in the app
and this is the one that I created here in the browser.
And then of course I've got my actual login,
which I'm blurring out right here.
But that just shows you how easy it is
to set up the password manager.
What's gonna happen is you're going to go in and just log in
to your daily accounts like you normally would,
you're gonna store those in the password manager app.
And then as time goes on,
hopefully you're gonna be changing your passwords
and making them stronger.
And when you do change those passwords,
you can have your password manager app,
which you can see here.
I've got 1Password suggesting
this really strong password right here.
And then I can use that
and have it update
my Facebook Tester profile. (upbeat music)
Do you need a password manager app?
Absolutely. Yes, you do.
Because there's no way
that you as a human can replicate the password complexity
or the storage capacity of a password manager app
to secure all your online logins.
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