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PASSWORDMANAGER

NordPass

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Oneday,passwordswill

beobsolete–replacedby

simple,infalliblebiometric

methodsforsecuringour

accountsandprivate

information.Atthatpoint,

we’lllookbackandwonder

howonEarthwecoped.

Untilthen,apassword

manageristhebestwayto

generate,organiseand

enterthemyriadpasswords

wecurrentlyneedtouse

everyday.AndNordPass,

fromthedevelopersofour

recentGoldAwardwinner

NordVPN,isthelatestsuchtooltojointhefray.

AvailableforbothAndroidandiOSdevices(aswellas

offeringadesktopbrowserextensionforChrome,Firefox,

OperaandEdge),NordPassletsyoustorepasswords,

creditcarddetailsandothersensitivedata,suchasprivate

notes,inasecurevaultthatonlyyoucanaccess.When

enteringyourpasswordstoaccessanaccount,NordPass

makesiteasybyautofillingyourcredentialsforyou.

Designedwiththeverytoughest

securityinmind,NordPassuses

zero-knowledgeencryption–

basically,yourpasswordsand

privatedataareencryptedbefore

theyevenreachNordPass’s

servers,sonoonebutyoucan

everseeyourinformation.

NordVPNalsosupportstwo-factor

authorisationforan addedlayerof

protection,aswellasfingerprint

unlocking(on deviceswiththe

requisitesensors). It’s possible

(thoughsomewhatfiddly)to

importpasswordsfrombrowsers

andotherpasswordmanagers.

NordPassisfreetouse, butis

currentlylimitedtoasingle

device.PayingforNordPass

Premium(£34peryear)unlocks

additionalfeatures,

includingtheabilitytoaccessyourpassword

vaultacrossmultipledevicesandtheoptionto

sharepasswordsandotherprivatedatawith

otherssecurely.

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When you firstlaunch

NordPass, you’reasked

tolog in. Choose ‘Sign up’,

enter your email address

andapassword,thentap

Sign Uptoset upan

account. You’ll besenta

six-digitcodevia email.

Enter this intotheapp and

you’ll beprompted to

createamasterpassword.

(^1) This passwordwill
unlockyour NordPassvault,
so makesureit’sstrong
and memorable.Press
Continue.^2
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You’ll be askedto
confirmyour master
password–type itinthe
boxand tapConfirm. If
youforget or loseyour
masterpassword,youcan’t
accessanyofyour other
passwords, so NordPass
givesyouarecoverycode
(^1) –a24-charactercode
thatyou can useinan
emergency. Notethis down
somewheresafe,make
absolutely sureit’scorrect,
tick the ‘I understand...’box
(^2) andpressContinue. 3
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You’reofferedafree
trial of NordPass
Premium, whichrequires
youtochooseapaid-for
plan, butyoucandismiss
this and use the freeversion
bytappingtheXin the
top-leftcorner.TapOpen
Settings,chooseNordPass
in theAccessibility settings
screen and tap the slider^1
toenable it–thisallows
NordPasstoautofill
passwords. PressOK,^2
thenreturntothe appand
begin adding passwords.
MINIWORKSHOP
Protectyourpasswordsusing
NordPass
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