Introduction

Me: Hi Reddit, I’d like to see some pictures of cute kittens please!
Reddit: Your session has expired. Please log in again!
Me: Sure thing! Wait, what’s my password again? It had my pets name I think? And probably my birthday? A I think I got it.
Reddit: Incorrect username or password. Please try again!
Me: Hm. Ok maybe it was my mothers birtday?
Reddit: Incorrect username or password. Please try again!
Me: Damnit. Ah, I think I added a ‘$’ at the end. Or was it a ‘*’? I remember something about a special character being required…
Reddit: Incorrect username or password. Please try again!
Me: Ok, I give up. Reddit, I feel terrible for asking but can you please send me a new password?
Reddit: Sure thing. Please enter your email address.
Me: I can do that! Here you go.
Reddit: No user found with this email address.
Me: Gahhh. Maybe I used my Hotmail address? But I haven’t used that one in ages. Oh well, it’s worth a shot…
Reddit: An email has been sent to iheartkittens@hotmail.com. Please follow the instructions enclosed in the email.
Me: Thank god… Ok lets check my Hotmail account.
Hotmail: Hi there! Please enter your username and password.
Me: Sure thing! Wait…

We’ve all been there. There are so many accounts, passwords and other information that we need to keep track of that it seems impossible to not get confused and overwhelmed. To make matters worse, every website and app has their own arbitrary rules for passwords and usernames; this not only makes each signup an annoying chore but ends up making each password even harder to remember.

This problem has existed for ages, but the situation seems to be getting worse by the minute. At work we have digital workspaces, employee portals, and websites, that we need to interact with. At home the online systems and apps we use are meant to make our life easier but is it easy remembering a bazillion user names and passwords? Also, we should point out, that it is exceedingly unsafe to be using that same old password or a variation of it, over and over. Hackers everyday are looking to get access to your life, money, and personal data.

There’s an app for that.

Padloc is here to help. We are a secure cloud password manager for the everyday user. We welcome you to unload your memory of all the usernames and passwords you’ve been collecting over the years and let us help you create and keep updating one complex digital key that only you can access. Think of us as a more reliable and secondary brain.

If you’ve never heard of a “password manager, this clip from the Electronic Frontier Foundation can explain it much better than we ever could:

Start your journey here - you’ll be glad you did.