Locker Password Manager

- user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) are highly user-friendly
- a feature for generating email aliases, which I find essential for helping users maintain their privacy.
- It includes an auto-fill function that works not just for passwords but also for personal identities

- need to improve more on auto-fill function for personal identities. To enhance this further, I would like to see Locker incorporate a small auto-fill icon in forms, similar to what RoboForm offers.

I was initially apprehensive about ordering Locker. In my experience, most new products like this tend to lack many of the features found in existing products. Such is not the case with this product. Locker is a feature-rich password manager with a clearly defined roadmap showing even greater functionality coming soon.

While you can access your vault via their website, the real magic occurs when you install their extension into your web browser. The extension is what allows Locker to capture new passwords as you enter them online, as well as fill in your password information when you are trying to log into any website.

Locker currently features five data types that can be entered and saved. Those types are: Passwords, Notes, Credit/Debit Cards, Crypto Backup, and Identify Information. Each type has default data entry fields included, while Locker also features the ability to add custom fields as well. You also have the option of creating folders to organize your data.

The interface for Locker is clean and simple in both the web vault and the browser extension. While it is only available in the web vault, I love being able to see when the password was first created and when it was last updated. Both the web vault and the browser extension also grab the website icon for each site that you enter a password for, making it even easier to browse for the one you want. Your data also syncs flawlessly between all of your versions of Locker.

Locker features the ability to add a time-based one-time PIN (OTP) for any password that you enter. OTPs are critical security features that should be used, in my opinion, on every website that has the option available. At a minimum, OTPs should be used on any website that contains financial information, identity information, or data that could be used to harm your reputation. Having the OTPs built into Locker eliminates the need for a second program and simplifies that login process.

Locker uses a dual password system on your account. The first password simply logs you into your Locker account, while a second password must be entered to access your saved password data. In addition, Locker adds another layer of protection by encrypting/decrypting your data locally on your machine. This means that Locker does not actually have access to your saved data, nor would a hacker that might find a way to intercept your data transmission.

In addition to generating and saving passwords and one-time PINs, premium versions of Locker also monitor your password health and alert you to any data breaches at any organization that you have a password saved for. The password health monitor will alert you if you are using a weak password, using the same password on multiple sites (which you should never do), and compromised passwords.

While the above features already place Locker ahead of most password managers on the market, the benefits do not stop there. Locker also features the ability to securely share a password with another person. Finally, one of my favorite features is the ability to generate a private email alias from within the app. It seems like every website that you visit these days wants you to provide your email address before they will share their content with you, then spam you like crazy afterward. Locker allows you to generate an email address that will forward to your default email, allowing you to do things like complete your registration on a website, but also allows you to delete the alias whenever you no longer want/need an email from that particular company. It is a great way to keep your inbox free of junk mail.

My only dislike so far is the inability to add custom data types. While it is possible to add custom fields, these fields are for the data that you are entering at that time and do not repeat on future data entries. A custom data type would allow you to set it up with the custom fields that you want, and then those fields would appear any time you selected that particular data type. For example, I use my password manager to track my software licenses/registrations. While some password managers feature a data type for licenses, Locker does not. Since I do not want to have to manually add custom fields each time I enter a new software license, I usually just enter it as a note. While that at least records the registration information for me, it does little to help me enter it at a later time.