RoboForm eliminates password Post-its

05.03.2007
If you're like me and you have one, two or three simple user names and passwords that you spread around dozens of corporate and public Web sites -- or you want to get rid of the Post-it notes from your monitor -- you may want to consider a technology from Siber Systems Inc. called RoboForm, which memorizes and encrypts passwords and automatically logs you into sites with one click of your mouse.

The software also can automatically create highly secure passwords with one to 511 characters that increase in levels of security. The default is nine characters.

RoboForm software can be downloaded onto your computer or it can be carried with you as a removable USB drive version called Pass2Go. I chose the Pass2Go version to review as it leaves no record of transactions on your machine. That I liked.

The first time I plugged Pass2Go into my USB port, I was somewhat taken aback by the number of options that came up for filling out electronic forms, creating pass codes, searching information and managing passwords and identities. Overall, however, I was impressed by how intuitive the software was, and it wasn't long before I was one-clicking my way into all my favorite Web sites.

While there's a bit of a ramp with this technology, both in learning how to use it and in adding automated log-ins to a drop-down list, I think most people will find this a great time-saving tool -- particularly when it comes to filling out long electronic forms.

After plugging the Pass2Go USB flash drive into your computer and accepting the download, a tool bar is added to your Web browser. The software is compatible with Internet Explorer, AOL/MSN and Firefox.