Can 1Password also handle system-y things like wifi passwords and network shares? or do you find yourself going to 1password for web-type information and keychain for server type information?
On 27 September 2010 10:54, Russell Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > I use 1Password with dropbox sync. Excellent. I even have a smart folder > that tells me how many of my passwords I still have to change from my (ex) > default password. I no longer have just one or two. On the downside, if my > phone, mac and dropbox are all wiped off the face of the planet, I won't be > able to order any more books from Amazon, or change my passwords because I > won't be able to access my email... > > The only limitation I have is that I have to use various differnt computers > at work. I tend to look up passwords on my phone and type them manually. I > could of course go to the drop box website and use cut and paste from there, > but as I don't have absolute control over how the various computers are used > by others, I dislike doing that. Bit silly really, because if there is a > key logger installed my method doesn't work anyway. > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Manor Park Medical Centre > www.manorparksurgery.com > Tel 01323482301 > East Sussex Local Medical Committee (Chair) > www.sslmcs.co.uk/ > Tel 01372389270 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Have your say about NHS market reforms > > Visit www.lookafterournhs.org.uk > > > On 27 September 2010 10:44, Toby Leighton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Group, >> >> I have been using keychain more and more heavily recently, to generate >> random 12-15 character passwords and use those for website passwords. >> For those of you who haven't explored it you can copy and paste your >> strong passwords into the forms without ever having them revealed on >> screen and I recommend everyone should make unique passwords for every >> service they use in a way such as this. >> >> However now I'm starting to worry I may be relying on keychain almost >> too much, because if my powerbook breaks or gets stolen, so do all my >> passwords (at least the thief wont have access to them, but the >> problem is neither will I...) At work we use keepassX, but it has >> problems with more than one person accessing it at once, so there tend >> to be lots of copies of our keychain all over the place, and it isn't >> very integrated like keychain, you have to run it when you want to get >> something in or out of it. There is also 1passwd for mac and iphone >> which I suspect a few group members might use and could provide some >> opinions on. >> >> Could I just copy my keychain into dropbox and would my lost keychain >> worry be over, and is there any way to open or view a keychain from a >> non-osx computer? Is putting such a critical file in a relatively >> public place ever a good idea? >> >> Toby Leighton >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
