Both { -brand-name-chrome } and { -brand-name-firefox } also allow you to sync things like passwords, bookmarks, and open tabs across all your devices. { -brand-name-firefox } though has the added security of a primary password that keeps all the saved logins and passwords under an additional set of lock and key. If you have a { -brand-name-firefox } account, you can manually send an open tab on your desktop to your mobile device or vice versa. With { -brand-name-chrome }, it’s done automatically if you’ve chosen that setting in your preferences. Not having to manually send the tab from one device to the other is convenient when you want to do something like continue reading an article you didn’t finish earlier. But there could be times where automatic syncing might not be ideal if there’s a chance multiple users are browsing while signed in to your { -brand-name-google } account.

A guide to safer logins and passwords

<strong>Set up strong passwords.</strong> It might not come as a surprise: “password”, “12345” or your birthday are most likely not the best choices. A strong password is, in the ideal case, random, contains upper and lower case letters, numbers and special characters. So-called passphrases may also be an option, as they are difficult to unlock by algorithms (and even more so by humans) – similar to randomly compiled passwords. Also, make sure to get a separate password for each of your logins so that, in case one gets leaked during a data breach, you don’t have to update all of your logins.

A security guide to safer logins and passwords

More and more of the sensitive, valuable things in our life are guarded through password-protected online accounts — love letters, medical records, bank accounts and more. Websites use login procedures to protect those valuable things. Generally, as long as someone can’t log into your account, they can’t read your email or transfer money out of your bank account. As we live our lives online, how should we protect our logins?

More and more of the sensitive, valuable things in our life are guarded through password-protected online accounts. How should we protect our logins?

Most logins today are protected by a password. If an attacker can get your password, they can access your account and do anything you could do with that account. So when you ask how secure your account is, you should really be thinking about how safe your password is. And that means you have to think about all the different ways that an attacker could access your account’s password:

Now, all of this sounds pretty intimidating. The human mind isn’t good at coming up with long sequences of random letters, let alone remembering them. That’s where a password manager comes in. Built right into the browser, { -brand-name-firefox } will ask if you want to generate a unique, complex password, then securely save your login information, which you can access anytime in about:logins.

Security guide to safer logins and passwords

{ -brand-name-lockwise } will let you know if your saved logins have been part of a corporate data breach, so you can change them ASAP.