In these days of hacks, Heartbleed, and endless breaches, a strong, unique, and often-changed password for every site is even more imperative. A password manager can help you attain that goal.

Online merchants and other supposedly secure websites can't be relied on to keep your personal information safe. Even sites using decent security practices may have been compromised by the Heartbleed bug discovered earlier this year. If the bad guys scooped up your password, you're in trouble. And if you used that same password at other sites, you're really in trouble.

You need to use a different strong password on every site, and you should change each one often. Unless you have an exceptional memory, the only practical way to do that is with a password manager.

Editors' Choice

LastPass 3.0 is more powerful and flexible than almost all of its competition; LastPass 3.0 Premium adds mobile support and more. Dashlane 3 is likewise feature-packed, and has an attractive and user-friendly interface.

These three are our current Editors' Choice password managers.

LastPass 3.0 Free
With a wealth of multifactor authentication options and a newly redesigned user interface, LastPass 3.0 remains Editors' Choice for password management. And it's free!

LastPass 3.0 Premium $12 per year
LastPass 3.0 Premium takes the flexible and comprehensive password management found in the free edition and kicks it up a notch. Premium features include unusually broad mobile device support, high-tech multifactor authentication, and more.

Dashlane 3 $29.99 per year; free edition available
With revamped secure sharing and a new emergency contacts feature that passes on your data if something happens to you, Dashlane 3 is better than ever. It remains a password manager Editors' Choice.

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