Review & Giveaway: Internet Password Organizer

Do you find that the number of websites you are joining seems to be growing almost daily?  For me – that’s an easy answer – YES!

Do you find that with all the rules now for choosing a password that you can’t remember what passwords go to what sites? For me – YES!  Crap, how am I supposed to remember all those “at least one capital letter, one symbol and one punctuation mark?”

Now I have the answer, and it’s so simple – a book from Innovention Lab, Inc called the Internet Password Organizer. The book is set up like an address book, divided by letters of the alphabet, but instead of recording someone’s contact information, you record the website’s URL, your username, password, and there’s a spot for notes that you might want to save about that site. Yes, this is one of those simple but perfect ideas that I have to say, “Why didn’t I think of that?”

I received mine last week and have been keeping it by my computer so that each time I go to a website that requires a username and password I’ve been recording my username and password.  I am so excited that hopefully I won’t have to go through those annoying “forgot my password” processes after I get everything recorded in my emerald Password Organizer that Innovention Lab Inc sent me for review.  The books are also available in ruby and sapphire. It’s also availabe in a Deluxe Version that is available exclusively at Amazon.

The Pros:

Feeling organized.  Not only is it handy to store those usernames and password, but having a refernce to the site will help when I find that “nifty” website and then promptly forget about it the next week.

Keeping up with Cameron (my 9 year olds) username and passwords. Cameron is at a point where Internet games and sites fascinate her and I’m constantly approving her to become members of different sites.  However, because she’s 9 she NEVER remembers her usernames and passwords.  Right now I’m recording hers in my book, but am thinking that this might make a great stocking stuffer for both of my girls this winter.

But that’s not all, there’s also a place to store your ISP information, home network information, and software license codes. Those are things I’m always desperately looking for and now I’ll know where to look.

Tip: I used pencil to fill out my book so that if I stop using a site or change a password, I can simply erase the current data.  I use this same approach in my address book (which is why I thought of it).

The Cons:

Having everything in this book means you better watch this book closely.  You would not want it to get in the wrong hands if you truly do record all your passwords. I’m not sure the best place to store it to make sure that you keep that information confidential. For now, I am keeping mine on the desk where I put my laptop, but I’m not really worried about that confidentiality in my house as I know that my girls aren’t interested in logging into my accounts, but I can see where having all your passwords so neatly organized could be a concern at the same time that it’s a relief.

I have one RUBY Internet Password Organizer for a lucky Southern Girl Reviews reader.  How do you win it?

MANDATORY ENTRY

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