Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.misc Subject: Re: Do you use a password manager? Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 14:43:25 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 48 Message-ID: <87r1g3439e.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> References: <874kcz5pqn.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87zgur47bv.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <120720211627013354%nospam@nospam.invalid> <87v95f45td.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <120720211714274121%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="d99a2aa5e30c72b9011dead7e6361f9f"; logging-data="10408"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/knDXTdmY4bpHLmru4w97h" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:5YKtOxYowrPmdwZRSshLTdXYlZY= sha1:kG1tkKC54cosjyYzZBq1e0vwApQ= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:137228 comp.sys.mac.misc:8048 comp.unix.misc:283 comp.misc:21063 nospam writes: > In article <87v95f45td.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com>, Keith Thompson > wrote: >> >> >> Keeping the database synchronized across devices is left as an exercise. >> >> > >> >> > And that means you end up with not having the password you need unless >> >> > you limit your use of the Internet to a single machine. >> >> >> >> Not if I replicate the encrypted database across the machines I use. >> >> I understand that that could open a potential security hole if >> >> I'm not sufficiently careful. But if I *am* sufficiently careful, >> >> my database doesn't exist on anyone else's server. >> > >> > and if you forget to sync it, murphy's law states that you won't have >> > the password you need. >> >> Of course. That happens now and then. The solution is to go back and >> sync it. > > no, the solution is to have it automatically sync. The solution *I use* is to go back and sync it. It works. >> > computers are there to do work *for* you. > > ^^this^^ > >> I'm not going to go into too much detail about *how* I synchronize my >> password database > > you already said how: you manually sync it. There's more to it than that. > automatically syncing means a new or changed entry is available on > other devices within seconds, no additional effort required. I know what "automatically syncing" means. You haven't said anything about how to do that. (I use Ubuntu, Windows, and Android.) For my situation, I've decided (so far) that automation would be more effort than it's worth *for me*. I'm willing to change my mind if presented with new information. If you have none to offer, that's fine. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com Working, but not speaking, for Philips void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */