How to effectively use secure notes in a password manager?

Does your password manager offer a secure notes feature? Do you know how to use this feature effectively? Forget five different notepads locked in a drawer and sticky notes on your desk.

Learn about secure notes. This feature is especially beneficial for securely storing your sensitive information online.

What are secure notes?

Secure notes are a common feature in modern, safety-focused password managers such as PassCamp. The user can write down a note – insurance details, investment platforms, car service information, etc. – and digitally store it in a vault among his passwords.

These notes are always protected and automatically synced across users’ devices. That means he can find the health insurance phone number and policy numbers when he needs them, at the very moment of the accident.

Secure notes are fast and the most reliable way to store data you need to use daily or that you never know when you will need it.

What data should you store in secure notes?

Every second US employee writes down his passwords and sensitive information on sticky notes.

Secure notes replace such insecure phone-based or physical notebooks. The main difference is the protection level of that data.

Notes stored in a phone’s notes app or a physical notebook are prone to external dangers – theft, accidental reveal, or hacking. Data in plain text is valuable for hackers. Sensitive data in plain text? Even more.

Password manager replaces insecure data management practices and provides a safe and reliable way to store sensitive information.

You can entrust such personal data:

• Social security information;
• Security questions for Two-factor authentication logins;
• Health insurance information (contact number, policy number, expiry dates);
• Network login information (name of the network, address, VPN login number);
• Travel itineraries (hotel reservation number, flight details, local help number);
• Car service information (next service date, number of the service, list of needed parts and services);
• Data on annual tax refund, past tax documents, etc.

Or select the data of your preference.

Use secure notes to keep the information you want to protect from unauthorized access and find it when needed.

How secure is it to keep sensitive data in the virtual vault?

A password manager is probably the most secure (and convenient) place to store virtual notes.

Each secure note is end-to-end encrypted, so there is no chance your data will get revealed in plain text or leaked in any other way.

Besides, each note is protected by the Zero-knowledge protocol. That means neither the PassCamp team nor unauthorized people can access or read your vault content.

Military-grade security implementations allow PassCamp to ensure that nobody accesses your data except you. For that, use your unique Master Password.

How to use secure notes in a password manager?

Using secure notes in a password manager is easy and intuitive. Here is how to use the feature in PassCamp, one of the most user-friendly password managers out there.

1. Open PassCamp password manager and log in to your account.
2. At the bottom right corner, press + icon.

1. From the selection list, select Note.

1. Create your Note – you can copy and paste your notes from other sources (your phone’s notebook app) or type in the information manually.

1. Add a title. This helps to organize the content and find it easily.
2. Organize your notes with Tags. Assign “work”, “personal”, “kids”, “pets”, or another applicable tag. Later, you can easily filter notes and/or passwords under the same label.
3. Press Save.

That’s it!

You have successfully created a new secure note. Make sure to delete notes from your notebook on the phone and any other physical place that makes your data vulnerable to external threats.

Radically increase the security of your digital life. Experience the benefits of secure notes today.