Ok, I've sent two messages now, and it's been cut off. I don't know why. This will be my last attempt to post, since I don't want to flood the list. I'll try just pasting the cut portion that didn't make the list. Apologies... if it doesn't work, trust that I had more to say then just that rambling paragraph or two you've seen already. :)
4) It syncs via Dropbox (MobileMe keychain sync goes away with iCloud from what I understand).
It also solves the
problem of your Time Machine backup going up in flames WITH your house,
since you're safely backed up to Dropbox too.
5) It works with EVERY browser on the Mac and PC of note.
6) They have iPhone, iPad clients.
No
matter where I am, 1Password will have my passwords available. If I'm
on YOUR Mac, I just open my iPhone client. I still try to use memorable
passwords for sites, since there's some truth in what others have posted
that length trumps randomness. A dictionary word isn't safe, but a
longer string of two or three dictionary words, with alternating case,
and perhaps substituting numbers or symbols for some of the letters, and
punctuation or a symbol in between the words is easier to remember,
long and complex, and safe from dictionary attacks, even though you're
fairly safe already since dictionary brute force attacks don't combine
multiple words to my knowledge.
Also:
You're not that important. Your password will likely be obtained one
day... by someone who hacks a web site you use. Not by someone who
targets your Mac and steals your hard drive. You and I just aren't that
important. The most important thing for most users is to use a DIFFERENT
password all over the place, so that when a web site gets hacked and
their passwords compromised, hackers can only access that one site, and
only until you change the password.
The
allure of having passwords isn't so that they can hack THAT site, it's
so they can presumably target other sites. If you use the same username
on every site and the same password, guess what, if I get your Sony
Playstation Network credentials, I can probably logon to Amazon or
perhaps your bank.
1Password makes managing
multiple passwords easier, with no LESS security than a properly
configured Keychain. This is critical if you use multiple browsers,
multiple computers, etc.
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