NFN Smith wrote on 04/28/2015 03:37 PM:
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.
Smith
seeing as i'm using a minor linux os, i've never much worried about
malware and my laptop never leaves home... and is too old to be of
interest to thieves...
i did download keepass since it purports to be linux compatible will
take a look see soon... thanks...
but this is good advice for OP if he's on windows... I understand the
trials and tribulations of 79 somethings with failing eyesite and
fingers that many times seem to be no longer under their personal control...
spent most of yesterday triaging my 74 year old mother's machine... i
swear she deliberately breaks it to get me to visit...
but i moved 2500 miles away to remove that option from her...
:~(
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