[NFBCS] Password managers

[Christopher Chaltain]

Well, that's fine, and I'm not trying to convince anyone put anything in the
cloud, but I obviously don't have a problem using the cloud to store my
passwords. Your data in Bitwarden is encrypted with your own encryption key,
so even if someone were to hack into Bitwarden, they'd have to also crack
your own personal encryption key. I find this safer then say storing your
credit card information in Amazon, or any other shopping site, where once
someone cracks into their system they have access to all of the credit card
information on file. If you want to access your passwords on multiple
systems, you have to get them from system to system, so unless you're
putting them on a USB stick then they're going to end up on the internet
anyway. Each person needs to be comfortable with their own level of
security, and for me, I'm comfortable with Bitwarden and the cloud.

--
Christopher (AKA CJ)
Chaltain at Gmail

> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via
> NFBCS
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 8:06 AM
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> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Password managers
> 
> I see the advantages, but I'm very suspicious of putting anything
important in
> "the cloud".  It smells like taking the things I most want to keep secure
and
> hanging them up right where the bad guys are looking for them and thinking
of
> every way they can to get them.  I just can't help thinking it's a bad
idea.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Chaltain via NFBCS
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 6:14 AM
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> Cc: Christopher Chaltain; 'Tracy Carcione'
> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Password managers
> 
> I settled on Bitwarden. I'm not sure what you mean about subscribing to
it, but
> since Bitwarden stores your information in the cloud you do need to log
onto it.
> The upside is that it will seamlessly let you access your information
across all of
> your devices. It's free for personal use.
> 
> --
> Christopher (AKA CJ)
> Chaltain at Gmail
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > NFBCS
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 8:39 AM
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> > Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> > Subject: [NFBCS] Password managers
> >
> > Can anyone recommend an easy accessible password manager?  I see some
> > old emails saying 1password is good, but things change.
> >
> > I would prefer one I don't have to subscribe to, but I also want a
> > good,
> easy-to-
> > use one.
> >
> > I have lots of passwords I've written down over the years, so I want 1
> that will
> > let me enter those passwords into it.
> >
> > I'm using Windows, and sometimes iOS.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Tracy
> >
> >
> >
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