| David Collins via plug on 1 May 2022 20:23:15 -0700 |
[Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]
| Re: [PLUG] Correct Horse Battery Staple |
Most password managers will also allow you to make a plain-text backup of your password database. This can then be stored on offline external storage with proper physical security controls. Or, a better solution, stored on offline external storage with proper security controls in an encrypted format. I personally back mine up onto a VeraCrypt encrypted drive. Now if the password manager ever has an irrecoverable problem, I have a copy of all the data in a form that does not depend on the password manager. --- David Collins dave@cyberpunkjedi.com ------- Original Message ------- On Sunday, May 1st, 2022 at 7:48 PM, Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote: > On Sun, May 01, 2022 at 04:56:32PM -0400, Steve Litt via plug wrote: > > > Walt Mankowski via plug said on Sat, 30 Apr 2022 20:26:33 -0400 > > > > > These 3 aren't equivalent. Most web browsers these days can generate > > > strong passwords and store them securely. > > > > My point exactly. If your web browser becomes borked, there go all your > > passwords. If your disk becomes subtly corrupt, how many backups do you > > have to go back in order to get things right, and how many new > > passwords have gotten garbled? And how do you know which files to > > restore, and how to incorporate them, if you back up your data but not > > programs? > > > > I'm not saying keyrings are useless, but they're not a panacea either. > > > My point exactly! That's why I'm running a password manager app. I've > got the database securely cloned on 5 different computers, and I don't > have to worry about any of those issues you just brought up. > > Walt > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug