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BenOfTomorrow | 14 years ago

I put a copy of the database in cloud storage. There might be a little set-up to open it, but it's very rare that I need to get the contents on a new machine.

The nitpick with pw databases is they don't fully solve the problem; I still need to know the passwords for all my computers, cloud storage account, e-mail, the db master password.

The big advantage is how much more secure lesser used accounts are (and drop in frequency of password reset requests on those accounts).

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mncolinlee|14 years ago

This is not entirely true. You only need to really "know" two passwords... your cellphone screen lock and the password to the encrypted password database on your cellphone.

If your cellphone uses DropBox to store the database, then you can even lose your cellphone or simply access the database on desktops and laptops directly.

BenOfTomorrow|14 years ago

While this is true in theory, I don't maintain a copy of the database on my phone - when I converted to using a pw database I looked into it and didn't feel comfortable with the level of security on iPhone apps. I want to know exactly when and how information is being transported and when something is in memory.

The state of the art is probably more mature now, but this is information I'm not taking any chances with.