Raul and List, I'd like to add a couple of points to this discussion. Firstly, it's important to understand that 1Password encrypts your data similarly to other apps such as TrueCrypt. Even if a thief got their hands on your 1Password vault, it could take years to attack your password (assuming you're using a strong password to protect your 1Password data). It is not as though passwords are stored in any way that could permit Dropbox employees or hackers to read the data. Of course Dropbox suffers from security breaches, but the 1Password vault shouldn't be a strong target because again, it's encrypted. Note: this is very similar to how apps such as LastPass store your data in the cloud. I don't think 1Password should be any less secure than LastPass or RoboForm; on the contrary, I'd argue that it's more secure. You control the encryption of your 1Password data at your end. With those other services, you're leaving the control up to them. (And yes, I would trust them. But if you're really really concerned about security, then you should consider this.)
Secondly, if you're going to rely on a password manager, at least in my view, you have to have a backup in the cloud. If your equipment gets lost or stolen, then you'll have a very difficult, if not impossible, time gaining access to all your accounts again without some kind of backup that you can easily access. Thirdly, it is not as though Dropbox saves your data forever. They store deleted files and previous versions of files for 30 days, and then they're gone. If you pay for Packrat Unlimited, an add-on available to Dropbox Pro users, then unlimited versions and deleted file history is stored. But in either case, if you really wanted you could login to the Dropbox web interface and instruct that Dropbox should permanently delete specific files or folders. Of course, I'm sure Dropbox keeps backups of user data that would remain a little while after that, but this is pretty normal. Just about every online service does this. And again, I wouldn't worry too much about 1Password being a target, unless a backdoor is found in the way they encrypt and store your data. Grant -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
