I know your Facebook password and why you should care
OK so I don't really have your password. A spot of journalistic license 
Everything we use with a personal identity online, we create and log in to using a username or email, and a password. The problem with having so many different accounts, is that it becomes all too easy to use the same password for all of them. Your security is only as strong as the weakest link, and if one of those accounts is compromised and someone learns your password, suddenly they have access to your Facebook, your twitter, your email, maybe even your bank account!
Passwords often are based on birthdays, children's names, your partner's name, your pet, where you were born, your mother's maiden name etc. There is a common list of things a hacker could try. Once he finds the right password once, he will often try the same at the other sites mentioned in the paragraph above.
So a good password should really contain an assortment of letters (both upper and lower case), numbers and special characters, as well as being at least 8 characters in length. Something like this would be quite good: /V\Pm!F#,73.$$
But how many of us can remember a password like that? And how many of us can remember a dozen passwords like that?!
This is where Keepass can help. Keepass is an easy-to-use password manager. It allows us to store dozens, or even hundreds of password in a kind of safe. It allows you to store away passwords in a very secure file, one that hackers cannot easily read. It does this with something called encryption. If you were to look at the file in something like Notepad, it would appear as total garbage.
You can securely store any text in the file. This doesn't necessarily have to be a password for a website. You could use it for your bank PIN numbers, or to keep important software licence keys safe.
With Keepass you "lock" the file with a single password. Just remembering one password gives you access to this safe. This does mean you need to have one good password, but it will stop the need from remembering dozens.
Keepass is freeware. That means it won't even cost you any money. It is very well written to the highest standards, and is equally as good as anything you would pay for!
It is very simple to use as you can see by clicking on one of the screenshot images in this post. It even has a built in password generator so you can quickly make long, secure passwords in seconds. You can copy and paste passwords when you need them, and it even deletes the contents of the clipboard afterwards so no one else can find out what your password is by pasting it into Notepad.
Keepass comes in 2 versions. Classic (v1.x) and Professional (v2.x). It is a bit confusing, but Professional doesn't replace Classic, but is more feature packed. Both are being developed in parallel. My personal preference is for the Classic version, but see this comparison to make up your own mind.
There are ports to other operating systems too. Linux, MacOS, iPhone, Blackberry, PocketPC and Java(tm) mobile phones all have clients available. Check out the downloads page. I use KeepassMobile on my Nokia, so I always have my passwords on the move.
I highly recommend you check it out. Cat and I both use it and she hasn't had any difficulty in using it. It's a first rate piece of software, so don't hesitate to download it now!
If everyone used this, we've have far less security issues in the computing world - so maybe don't get this, or I'll be out of a job!