So wrong was I that I didn’t even bother to download any of them except for Lastpass. Roboform, Lastpass and Dashlane were three password management alternatives that seemed to offer about the same or better features than 1Password. I find that very resource unfriendly and inefficient, so that idea was thrown in the dustbin. The DEVONthink database solution would have made it necessary for me to always revert to my iPad for creating the two-factor code with an app that does nothing else. That would have been a solution to the problem of yearly recurring charges were it not for the dreaded two-factor login security many websites nowadays offer as an additional barrier against hackers, identity thieves and other scoundrels.

I checked out Roboform, Lastpass and Dashlane, but I started by thinking about storing my passwords in an encrypted DEVONthink Pro 3 database. With my 1Password account almost expired, I decided to look for a free alternative. Password managers have become as much a necessity as a lifejacket is to someone drowning. Many millennia later we are and passwords aren’t enough anymore to keep stuff like the money in your bank account and your login credentials to websites that contain your entire life story from being hacked, stolen, ransomed and more. It was more or less unnecessary but a lot of fun because it made you fell like a spy in a Bond movie. Once upon a time, when animals and people talked the same language, there was this app that let you manage your passwords, credit card numbers and all kinds of “secret” stuff.

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