On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 08:53:42 +0100 Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 Jul 2015 02:40:54 Dale wrote: > > >> This wouldn't help with some of the things you lost but it will > > >> with your passwords at least. For passwords, this will help and > > >> you can use it somewhere else as well since it is portable, sort > > >> of. > > >> > > >> https://lastpass.com/ <snipped for brevity> First, thanks to everyone who replied to this thread. As usual in this group, I learned something from every reply. I've actually been using lastpass for about two years, so I lost a lot less than I would have otherwise. I had another scary moment, though, when I couldn't remember my lastpass master password. After about twenty guesses I remembered that I just recently changed my lastpass password exactly because of the 'possible' data breach at lastpass (the security issues Mick mentions below). I asked lastpass to email me my password hint, which I made vague on purpose so bad guys would have trouble using it -- and that meant I had trouble using it too :) But after another ten guesses I finally got the new password right. Whew... > A better, as in more secure, solution should involve local encryption > and IMHO local air-gapped storage. A USB key will do nicely and you > can have a second USB key stored in your brother's premises, for > disaster recovery scenarios. This is because cloud storage: > > a) creates a honey pot which attracts attacks[1] and > b) most of cloud storage is in the US. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LastPass#Security_issues
