Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use an alternative to a password mana...
by laci27 on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @01:13AM
(#16058898)
I have a friend who does the same, but a folder with password is not encrypted. If it's stolen, or you just leave it somewhere by mistake, or if you leave it on a table while you piss, byebye security... A hacker only needs your old yahoo password to hack everything else.
Please use at least Keepass, it has a master password, it is encrypted all the time if you want, it can have browser integration, it can upload the encrypted DB to the cloud..
Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use an alternative to a password mana...
by ktpsns on Friday January 05, 2018 @03:49PM
(#16081507)
That's true. However, in general I trust my environment so much more than "the whole Internet" which potentially can gain access to my systems. In fact, I don't think encrypting password managers (even in their simplicity such as https://www.passwordstore.org/) prevent typical use cases: If your home account is compromised, it is easy manipulate the workflow and subsequently decrypt your virtual password storage.
Anyway I want to change to a paperless variant due to the increasing amount of "important" services.