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10/02
Posted - Jan 7 2014 : 3:26AM
Does anyone know much about Password Managers, which ones are good and which ones aren't? Are they trustworthy? Are there usability problems from one to the other? Which ones are most highly rated?
Like everyone else, I have a ton of usernames and passwords and it's near impossible to keep them straight. I would like to find a solution that will work for me on my Windows 7 PC, my smartphone, and my IPad Mini that I just bought myself for Christmas.
Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.
jayo All-Star Supporter
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2117 Posts
7/04
Posted - Jan 9 2014 : 10:27PM
I know nothing about them because I don't trust them. I'm less worried about thieves getting it than I am simply fighting the software itself. I've lost too many electronic rolodexes because the software went kablooey one way or another.
Best method I've heard (but easier said than done) is to come up with kind of rule that You know to make passwords. If you know the rule, you can figure out your password.
Robert
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My past is a foreign country. Most things are different there, including word usage.
503 Posts
12/06
Posted - Jan 10 2014 : 1:55PM
I have a rule (quite simple) and it has worked well for me.
Also, I keep all my password information in an encrypted text file (AES encrytion) so I can look-up any username/password I need and just do a copy/paste.
My biggest exposure is getting e-mails from known persons that have had their contact list hacked. Difficult to defend against that.
nietzsche
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5470 Posts
8/03
Posted - Jan 24 2014 : 7:22PM
I use Keepass. I thought about some of the online ones like LastPass or whatever it's called, but settled on the free thing. I like it a lot, but it's not really convenient. You have to constantly keep it backed up, and there are plugins that will allow you to upload to Google Drive or Dropbox when you save to Keepass's database in the event of a hard drive crash. It's not a real synch because you still have to update other devices by downloading from Dropbox. There is a thumb drive version also, and if you use the native encryption on the thumb, plus your keepass password, it will be nigh impossible to break it.
The only thing is that your master password really has to be strong, otherwise there is no point. I have two passwords really, one for Keepass and one for Dropbox, both are 30 chars random.
Online managers are really convenient, and they have toolbars or whatever to get into your bookmarks easily. I don't know how they work if you are on someone else's computer.
Keep us posted on what you choose.
zambi
Senior Member

1451 Posts
3/10
Posted - Feb 4 2014 : 7:18PM
^ Here's an article about Keepass ...
Review: KeePass makes strong passwords and keeps them safe
IMHO these password database storage solutions have similar problem as storing stuff in the cloud DB ... it collects all your valuable info in one single database. So if hacker is able to crack security for that one database he wins big time and does major damage to you.
It appears that KeePass uses AES encryption which was designed by NIST (i.e. NSA) which means its easily hackable by them, which implies its crackable by hackers by now. Remember AES was designed during late 1990s when computers were much much slower. You can probably crack AES using brute force methods today. Here's some proof of that ...
New Research Cracks AES Keys 3-5x Faster
 
nietzsche
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5470 Posts
8/03
Posted - May 20 2014 : 10:37PM
I ended up bailing on Keepass about 6 weeks ago. I had read some bad stuff about its security, but the real reason was that I had a hard disk crash and while I was keeping it backed up on dropbox, both the desktop and cloud version were destroyed. Fortunately I had a backup, but decided to go with lastpass, which i like pretty much.
jrv
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1266 Posts
2/03
Posted - Jul 9 2014 : 10:44PM
Take a look at Password Hasher if you're running FIrefox. It's a better solution than a password manager.
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810 Posts
5/07
Posted - Jul 11 2014 : 8:10PM
I use Dashlane and love it. Works great and has also informed me of some recent hacks which were not very publicized. Highly recommended.
cubesnake
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3858 Posts
10/02
Posted - Sep 9 2014 : 6:19PM
well, i would favor keepass because its open source. However i woul not use a mobile device like todays cell phones or whatever for any security task. And i would never ever use a CLOUD service ... only my own cloud in my home ... if i had to. And storing passwords in a cloud service sound like a joke to me

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