Good tools for managing many usernames and passwords

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Published on 2010-03-19T05:58:40Z Indexed on 2010/03/19 11:31 UTC
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I'm trying to keep up with and manage all the usernames and passwords I have.

Is there a good tool to use?

I'm not looking for any platform specifically.

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