When it comes to sharing passwords, we generally say: don’t.
That said, we understand that sometimes you do need to provide another person temporary access to a tool or account.
The best way to share a password is verbally. Just pick up the phone and call that friend or relative so there’s no digital footprint. Because a truly secure password is both long and complex, however, conveying a password this way isn’t always practical.
If you must send a password electronically, here’s a free tool we have come to believe you can trust: Password Pusher. The site is www.pwpush.com.
As you’ll see in the short video below from our director of sales and marketing, using Password Pusher is easy and only requires a few steps.
To summarize those steps:
- Add password or note: Enter the password you want to share into the box you’ll see on the page.
- Set visibility period: Choose how long you want the shared password to be visible to the recipient. You can set it to expire after a specific time or after a specific number of views.
- Add Extra Security: Optionally, you can create a password for accessing the link and give the recipient the ability to immediately delete the information after he or she has retrieved it. These are great tools we suggest you use.
- Create secure link: Click the blue “Push It!” button and your secure link will be created.
You can now copy the link and send it to the receiving party. End-to-end encryption ensures the password will pass securely to the intended party.
As an aside, remember that the strength of your password is crucial to your security. If you’re still using an 8-letter password, that’s no longer good enough. Take a minute and check out this blog post on how (and why) to strengthen it for better protection.
Back to pwpush.com: in our experience, this handy little website works. Most importantly, the password does become permanently inaccessible when one of those security measures is triggered – this prevents your password from endlessly sitting unprotected in someone else’s inbox.
Password Pusher is a simple and effective way to securely share passwords, notes and files. By controlling the visibility period of your shared passwords and following best practices for secure password sharing, you can rest assured that your sensitive information is protected from unauthorized access.
Try bookmarking Password Pusher today; I bet it will become a regular tool you use to securely share vital data!
