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Filed under: Security, Google, Beta, Browsers

LastPass extension for Google Chrome now available, and it rocks

by Lee Mathews Sep 30th 2009

A number of Download Squad readers have been echoing the same sentiment in recent posts about Google's browser: as soon as LastPass is available, we're leaving Firefox for good.

Well, gang, grab your parachutes, it's time to bail! The LastPass crew has released an alpha version of their Google Chrome extension, and it rocks. Check out the screens after the break!

Tags: 1password, add-ons, chrome, chromium, extensions, google, google-chrome, lastpass, password, password-manager, roboform

Filed under: Windows, Google, Beta, Browsers

RoboForm now available for Google Chrome, sort of

by Lee Mathews Sep 25th 2009

While it may not be the seamless solution you've been looking for, if you're a RoboForm user and have been waiting for Google Chrome integration, there's now a solution for you.

RoboForm have created a customized Chromium installer which adds a floating toolbar below the Chrome browser window. Getting set up requires two installs.

First, you'll need to load RoboForm itself (if you haven't already, of course). Next, download the RoboForm for Chromium executable from RoboForm's website. Once you've removed other Chromium instances, run the setup and launch the custom build.

A note on the download page offers this reassurance: "When Google finalizes their public extensions framework, we will make every effort to ensure that RoboForm will work for Google Chrome within a very short time."

In the meantime, RoboForm for Chromium works, even if it does look -- err -- a little different.

Tags: chromium, form-filler, google-chrome, password-manager, roboform

Filed under: Security, Text, Utilities

Hide your passwords in plain sight with Safe Calculator?

by Lee Mathews Apr 13th 2009

Are you the kind of person that thinks hiding your valuables in a hollowed-out book is a pretty sweet idea? If so, Safe Calculator is a Windows program that should be right up your alley.

On the surface, it appears to be the plain old Windows calculator - it's even got the full scientific mode. Oh, but it's so much more than that. Punch in your super-secret PIN and it switches to password store mode. At last, an app that allows me live out my fantasy of being a top-secret covert operative!

Safe Calculator is designed to travel with you on your USB flash drive. It's portable and the author states that stored files are encrypted, though he doesn't clarify what method is used. AES? Blowfish? Pig Latin?

Quite honestly, I don't think any of you are going to stop using something like KeePass, LastPass, or RoboForm and switch to Safe Calculator. It's just so quirky that I had to share it with you.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to hide all my cash in box of Kraft Dinner with a false bottom.

Tags: password-manager

Filed under: Internet, Security, Browsers

LastPass now handles logins and form filling in any browser

by Lee Mathews Jan 20th 2009

Since I started using LastPass, it's become one of my top three Firefox addons. Yesterday, the development team released a new feature that allows you to securely access your passwords even if you're not using the Firefox or IE plugins.

LastPass can now work from a bookmarklet - great news for users of Opera, Google Chrome, Kmeleon, or virtually any browser on any platform that supports Javascript. It even works on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

To install the bookmarklet, log in at LastPass.com and look for the icon on the left side of your control panel. Click it, and an overlay appears with three links: LastPass Login, Fill (for passwords), and Fill Forms. Just drag them to your bookmark toolbar and you're set.

Joe Siegrist of LastPass offered a rundown of how the process works:

Tags: form-filler, lastpass, password, password-manager, security

Filed under: Security, Windows Mobile, Commercial, Mobile Minute

Get CodeWallet Pro for free today only - Mobile Minute

by Brad Linder Oct 5th 2007

Handango is giving away free copies of Developer One's CodeWallet Pro 6 for Windows Mobile today. CodeWallet Pro is a password and personal information manager for PDAs and Smartphones. Need to carry around a dozen different credit card numbers, computer logins, and other passwords in a secure package? CodeWallet provides encrypted, password-protected storage.

CodeWallet would normally set you back $20 to $30, but Handango seems to be giving away a free program every Friday. The download process is pretty convoluted, and you have to give up some personal information to get the free download. But that's the way these things usually go.

If CodeWallet's not your thing, it's not the only mobile wallet application on the market. You might want to check out eWallet ($30) and CryptoCard (free).

CodeWallet Pro 6 will run on Windows Mobile 2003SE and newer devices, even though the download link indicates that you need Windows Mobile 5.

Tags: codewallet, codewallet-pro-6, cryptocard, ewllet, handango, password-manager

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