LockNote is a simple way to securely store confidential information

Steganos LockNote is a free, Windows program that provides a simple solution for securely storing passwords and other confidential information. LockNote is small, only 402 kb, and requires no installation after you download it. It is easy to take the LockNote file with you on a USB flash memory drive or keep it in the cloud so that you can always “remember” your important, confidential information.

The following screen appears the first time you run LockNote.Replace the default text with whatever you want. For example the passwords you use for logging onto websites.

When you finish and exit LockNote. It asks, “Do you want to save your changes?”

Click the Yes button and LockNote asks for a password.

Enter your password, click the OK button. You are done.

Now whenever you need to remember a password or username you only need run LockNote, enter your LockNote password and all your confidential information is available.

You can have multiple copies of LockNote on your computer. You can rename the files or use the File —> Save As… to name them when you create them.

Steve Gibson of Gibson Research has examined the open source programming code for LockNote and says that the encryption LockNote uses is strong.