Password Managers?

I just counted my saved Roboform id's. 140. Egad. I am sure some of them are duplicates or obsolete, but, looking at them, no more than 20.

So, what to do? Very simple. The file containing the data in Vista is
C:\User\MyNameOnThisMachine\Documents\My Roboform Data\Default Profile

The same file in XP is
C:\Documents and Settings\MyNameOnThisMachine\My Documents\My Roboform Data\ Default Profile.

Now, when I am putting Roboform on a new machine, I just copy this data file across my network.

Which means, you can have redundency on another machine or you can copy the file to an external drive of your choice. I maintain three 1Tb external hard drives full of music and video. So, I could easily put a copy on opne or all of them.

>>RSM

 

I'm really liking this LastPass, Richard. It does everything Roboform Pro does and then some...for free. You should take a look at it.

 

I totally agree about not putting anything on a remote server. I mean, why? There is so much cheap storage available, and lots of users have it, as do I, for other purposes.

>>RSM

 

Sounds pretty safe to me. From their site:

Only you know the key to decrypt your data

We do not store this key anywhere, so the private data that we store in our database is basically meaningless to hackers (and to us!). This is why it is so important to not forget your LastPass password.

Your decrypted data never leaves your computer

All encryption/decryption occurs on your computer, not on our servers. This means that it does not travel over the Internet and it never touches our servers.

Hacker-Safe Verified/Insured

Our software is tested daily to ensure security.

Your sensitive data is encrypted

We use use the same encryption algorithm that the US Government uses for Top Secret data.

We allow you to use unique, strong passwords

No more using the same password for all of your sites. No more writing down passwords on little pieces of paper. We encourage our users to use our password generator to create strong passwords for each site.

No more using your browser's insecure password manager

Were you surprised at how easy we retrieved all of your passwords from your browser when you installed our software using the LastPass application? Unfortunately, any malicious application can easily do the same. With LastPass, this will no longer be possible.

 

In addition... most of us have our sensitive information (i.e. Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, credit card numbers and so forth) sitting out there on other computers (Dept. of Vehicles, companies in which we're employed, online businesses from which we make purchases [not all businesses keep this information on separate servers not connected to the internet AND even those who do have had these separated computers stolen]). So in this information age there is no truly safe way of operating short of unplugging from the internet, cutting up one's credit cards, not going to any doctors (since they store your medical information in computers and some even in filing cabinets) and on and on. If you read the LastPass information, it certainly sounds like they've taken very reasonable precautions.

BTW: I do not store my banking passwords anywhere with anybody. And I've spoken recently with the bank who assure me that they monitor their system daily and that it is fully insured should a breach in security (an unlikely event) take place. The only really sensitive information kept encrypted that only I can unlock is to a few passwords to a couple of stores from which I occasionally make purchases.

 

James-

You are so right about any financial sites, banks, credit card sites, investment accounts. I never ever put this stuff on any sort of manager.

>>RSM

 

We're compromised pretty much any way you look at it, Richard. It's good to take as many precautions as you can to cut down on your odds of being ripped off, but when all is said and done, you're still at the mercy of identity thieves.

 

KeePass is a good freeware PW manager....uses drag and drop PW & username entry, PW generation, export to various file formats for printing a hardcopy, master password protection,...

 

I am using this too.

 

You might want to take a look at LastPass. There's nothing Roboform can do that LastPass can't (and do it for free at that).