SplashID on iPad- reviewed by tabletpc

Best Password Management Apps For The IPad

SplashID is an app that I’ve been using for years on other platforms, so it’s the one with which I am the most familiar. It strikes a good balance between organization (because there are plenty of templates included with the app) and potential personalization (because you can edit those templates or add your own). The templates cover a wide range, from bank accounts and birthdays to clothing sizes and frequent flyer info to prescriptions and serial numbers. Each record can have as many as nine different fields, along with photo attachments and notes.


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SplashID Password Manager on a USB Key, Literally

Paranoids often live in fear that their passwords are never safe, and their concerns aren’t without merit. There are all kinds of threats out there from keyloggers to phishing websites. There’s also an increasing risk of forgetting PIN information as we deal with so many different logins nowadays. It’s better safe than sorry when it comes to password protection.

SplashData recently recompiled their SlashID Password Manager for use on a thumbdrive; in fact, the company ships the app on a key-shaped flash drive. The key contains both Mac and PC version of SplashID so you can launch the manager in either platform. The SlashID is basically an encrypted database protected by 256-bit AES. Just plug the Key Safe USB drive, enter the main password and the manager will handle the rest, referring to website autofills. interestingly, besides website logins, the manager can also store any other info ranging from frequent flyer number to serial number and even business ideas. The $29.95 SplashID USB key is also a 2GB drive but it doesn’t appear to have hardware encryption. 

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How a Pas5woRd Can Sink Your Company

Everyone knows by now, I would think, that you shouldn’t use a password that’s easy to guess.  Hackers use automated programs that can find any password if it’s a word in the dictionary or a proper name, even if it’s spelled backwards. Throwing in a mix of letters and numbers helps. But here’s the problem even tricky password users run into: Because we all need passwords for so many Web sites and accounts these days, people end up using the same password for many of them — or else write their passwords down somewhere. Both of these practices are disasters waiting to happen.


I agree with the author on the above, but I suggest truly using a password manager to get your life organized. 


Learn about the password manager, how it works, how strong is its encryption etc, before you decide to purchase one. 


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Best Personal Finance Apps for the iPad

SplashMoney ($4.99, iPhone version available)
SplashMoney is the last of the Quicken-style apps in our roundup, and in some ways it is the most polished. Like many of the others, budgeting and graphing features are included, but SplashMoney simplifies these to perfection -- concise, but still extremely useful, with your financial status available at a glance.
Once you set up your accounts and start entering transactions, you'll find that things keep getting easier and easier. Once you've set up a payee or a custom category or a recurring transaction, entries can be completed in just a couple of taps. That streamlined process is much appreciated, especially after seeing how convoluted that process can become in some other finance apps.
I also appreciate SplashMoney's ability to create custom reports by category, for a certain time period, for multiple accounts or for just one. If your financial institution allows it, you can even set up direct download for your accounts, so that you don't have to enter any transactions at all. There is also a desktop companion application available as a separate purchase, if you would like the flexibility of being able to manage your money on your iPad and your desktop. SplashMoney is a very good choice, and is definitely a powerful contender in this category.


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FaceTime beta endangers your Apple ID password and security questions

Worried about local hackers? Like leaving your laptop behind in the coffee shop while you take long, leisurely trips to the bathroom? We wouldn't be so self-assured. Turns out there's a gaping security hole in the FaceTime beta, which allows anyone with access to your computer to change your password without knowing it to begin with, as well as peep and edit your security questions and answers. It would be nice if signing out of FaceTime would protect you, but unfortunately the app seems to have a lock-tight memory on your password, so it's easy for anyone to open the app and sign-in again. Hopefully Apple will fix these holes quickly, and until then we recommend uninstalling FaceTime or choosing your friends very wisely.

Businesses Need Smartphone Users To Smarten Up! 40% Of Smartphone Users Dont Use Password Protection

Equifax Warns Businesses To Update Their Security Policies To Include Smartphones National Identity Fraud Prevention Week

According to the latest research by leading ID fraud expert, Equifax, 40% of smartphone users dont use the passcode function on their device, leaving them vulnerable to fraud. With more people using a variety of smartphone devices for work, which can hold a large amount of information, Equifax is urging businesses to make sure they update their security policies to include smartphones. This can protect against any sensitive files or emails being accessed, should the device be stolen or lost.

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/10/21/5083152.htm

SplashID Enterprise can be a useful tool to help secure data. 

SplashID Enterprise is designed to quickly and effectively address the most immediate password management concerns of IT. It allows an organization to use stronger password management practices without compromising security or increasing costs.

Changing passwords help prevent phishing

The university's requirements for creative and frequently changing passwords are used to prevent phishing and other information insecurity, an information security engineer said.
Barbara McClellan, information security administrator, said that in the past, many students were phished through their university e-mail account.
Phishing is the criminal activity of attaining private information, such as passwords and user names.


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SplashID helps prevent phishing. It is also secure- Unbreakable AES and 256-bit Blowfish encryption provides proven protection for safe password management; secure field masking offers additional protection for sensitive data like passwords; automatic password generator feature creates un-guessable passwords and prevents the security risk of using the same passwords repeatedly

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SplashShopper App Review and Giveaway!! 2 Winners!- www.hopescafe.com

One, I like the ease of being able to have my grocery list, gift list, etc. on my iPad...our iPad goes a lot of places with us, so it's easy to mark down whatever we need, and know it is stored in a safe place. Not like using sticky notes or whatever paper is laying nearby when you think of an item you need. (Somehow you never can find those lists again when you need them!) Second, and this was a big one...you can put in the amount each item/gift will be, and it gives you the total amount you'll be spending at the bottom.  I love that! With this feature, you can know ahead of time what you'll be spending, and not be surprised with how big your total comes up to when you're checking out! Third, I liked that you can put in what store you're planning on purchasing each gift at. Then you go in to that store, pull up "Best-Buy" for example, and see exactly what you need at that store.  Like I said, this app will make your shopping so much easier! And it's very reasonably priced, at only $4.99!


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Dad's iPhone apps Part 1 by jessicadally- www.appolicious.com

SplashID: Let's face it, most of us replicate our passwords all over the interwebs. Not a good idea by any means but who the heck can remember all the different passwords everywhere? Enter SpashID. Now you just need to remember that one splashid password and you're golden. Great idea.


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Google's Five-Step Checklist for a Hacker-Free Life

Google—via Nayak—recommends that you start by choosing unique passwords for each of the major online "terminals," as it were, which you use to access sensitive information about your life. That means no reusing passwords between, say, your Google Accounts and your online banking setup, or your Facebook page and your work e-mail, etc.
And once you have this batch of unique passwords set up, get ready to practice your memorization skills—that's because Google recommends that you change your passwords no fewer than two times per year. Before you get ready to take the easy way out, Google prefaces that it's not enough to just change a letter or append a new number to your existing password. You have to go back to the drawing board and concoct a brand-new segment of numbers and letters.
It's double-important that you realize just how your passwords and accounts are used, in the sense that a given service provider isn't going to just call you up on the phone and ask you for this information.


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Try SplashID- 

• Flexible: Unlimited number of customizable record types and categories for storing all kinds of passwords and personal information
• Customizable: Definable list views, support for custom icons and field labels
• Secure: Unbreakable AES and 256-bit Blowfish encryption provides proven protection for safe password management; secure field masking offers additional protection for sensitive data like passwords; automatic password generator feature creates un-guessable passwords and prevents the security risk of using the same passwords repeatedly
• Expandable and Portable: Synchronize data between the desktop software and a handheld client for multiple platforms - iPhone, iPad, Android, Palm OS, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, and Series 60.                               

Latest Facebook privacy scare isn't so new

If you were looking for another reason to hate FarmVille and all those other games on Facebook, today's report by the Wall Street Journal should make you happy:

Many of the most popular applications, or "apps," on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information -- in effect, providing access to people's names and, in some cases, their friends' names -- to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.

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Roundup: Financial Management Apps for iPad

Dave Greenbaum says:


SplashMoney is by far the most powerful iPad financial app out there, and it’s extremely easy to use: a rare combination when dealing with money. SplashMoney can run fully independent of the desktop. Setup of accounts, budgets and reports can all be done on the iPad.


Unique among its competitors is the ability to download transactions from your bank while away from the desktop. The ability to fully manage credit card downloads while away from a computer is a killer feature. Obviously, printing of reports or registers isn’t currently supported by the iPad OS, but that will likely change in iOS 4.2.


Because SplashMoney fully supports .qif import and export, I can try it without commitment, but I suspect as time marches on, I’ll have a long-term relationship with this app.


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