sean wrote:
the problem i've had with addons and extensions for password keeping, is updates to my install of seamonkey often breaks them. I can't wait for updates to the addons... hence my reliance on a txt file stored locally...
For this kind of thing, tools like KeePass, LastPass, Password Safe, etc., are external utilities, and not tied to Seamonkey. Thus, unlike extensions, updates to the browser shouldn't affect your ability to use the tool.
In fact, if you make use of multiple browsers, an external password-keeping tool can be used with any browser.
Although mechanics vary, a password-keeping tool will allow you to open a specified URL in whatever browser you choose, then enter the ID and password, with about 3 or four mouse clicks, and without having to resort to cut-and-paste.
Personally, I think it's dangerous to keep passwords in an unencrypted form (even a Mozilla application without Master Password defined). If your computer is lost or stolen, then whoever can establish access to the hard drive has your entire password collection.
In a similar way, I believe that there are strains of malware that will do indexing of your computer, that may be able to extract credentials from unencrypted files. I'm not sure of what's possible with a simple text document or spreadsheet, but if you allow storage of passwords in Seamonkey without encryption with a master password, then the location is pretty easy to find, and the format is known. There are tools out there that can extract that information. The Nirsoft collection is one of them, and I'm sure that there are others, as well. And it's reasonable to assume that there's malware that has copied the techniques.
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