Re:Hack of MacRumors forums exposes password data for 860,00...
by chattoraj on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @02:10AM
(#6723830)
Don't know about 1Password, but LastPass encrypts all passwords client-side. Only marginally less safe than storing passwords in an encrypted file on your personal machine.
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Re:Hack of MacRumors forums exposes password data for 860,00...
by TheTaytay on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @03:08AM
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I can vouch for 1Password as well. Fantastic software, and they have numerous posts detailing their exact encryption techniques. Remember one really good password, and the rest of your passwords can all be completely random. You can sync it over wifi or Dropbox. I don't know the passwords to just about any websites now thanks to 1Password. We mandate it at our company now too. If you can tell me the password to "Important Website X" off the top of your head, you're doing it wrong.
<BTW: This goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway: Don't lose your 1 master password or your password database. ;) >
Re:Hack of MacRumors forums exposes password data for 860,00...
by kenjackson on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @03:04AM
(#6723965)
Or use KeePass. And you can store the KeePass database on DropBox.
Re:Hack of MacRumors forums exposes password data for 860,00...
by yaeger on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @03:41AM
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I use KeePass. It's great. I looked at LastPass but I didn't like that it is "Browser Based". I know it is supposed to be working "offline" but somehow I felt safer using KeePass where I can use the programs own UI, make sure the exe doesn't "phone home" and where I can directly see the encrpted db file and do with that as I please.
At first I worried about what would happen should the db file get corrupted somehow. But then I set up the backup tools with which I can keep as many backups in as many places as I want, so unless the db file gets corrupted in all places, I think I will be fine.
Re:Hack of MacRumors forums exposes password data for 860,00...
by chattoraj on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @07:35AM
(#6724778)
I remember switching from KeePass over poor Linux support, but looking at its page now, it looks like it runs on Linux just fine.
I'll have to give it another look, I guess.