suggestion for where to hide passwords

[gnasher729]

I like to hide passwords on my computer..
Ought I buy a hide your file app for extra protection, or?
Thank you

Keychain Access is already there on your Mac.

 

[john123]

The value of a good password program is the automation of using the passwords. Who wants to go digging through some vault, manually trying to find the right entry, cut/paste it into a field, etc. A program like 1Password does this automatically in normal use... and keeps everything locked up and secure.

What's always deterred me by 1Password and similar solutions is the potential need to get onto a site on a remote computer or from a remote location. How do you handle those situations?

 

[flynz4]

What's always deterred me by 1Password and similar solutions is the potential need to get onto a site on a remote computer or from a remote location. How do you handle those situations?

I almost never use a computer other than my own. However... I do have 1Password on my iPad and iPhone... so they are never very far away from me.

1Password also has secure access via web if you enable it. I never had... as I would rather just use it off of my iPhone.

Furthermore... I really never want to enter any password on any computer that I do not control. I would be worried about a keylogger. This of course has nothing to do with using 1Password or not.

/Jim

 

[designs216]

This is old school but you could write them down and put them in your safety deposit box at your bank. This way if you house burns and your computer is destroyed, you can still access all your accounts.

 

[Macneck]

The paranoia i've been developing through the years with computers make me believe a couple of things: 1.No data stored in a computer connected to a network can be considered as safe or "secret". 2.All these 1Password-like apps have been designed by Spectra, which has a backdoor to access ALL your personal passwords.

Use the best computer you'll never have: your brain! If not, a small piece of paper will do

 

[FoxFifth]

What's always deterred me by 1Password and similar solutions is the potential need to get onto a site on a remote computer or from a remote location. How do you handle those situations?

Not sure about 1Password but it is not a problem with LastPass; following is a quote from their online user manual: "We recommend that you access your stored data through your Local Vault via your LastPass browser plugin. However, if you are not on a computer that has the LastPass plugin installed, you can access an online version of your Vault by logging into https://lastpass.com"

 

[cerote]

which has a backdoor to access ALL your personal passwords.

The only connection 1Password needed was registration. Any connection after that is if you have a site listed it wants to grab an image of the site to help identify it. But you don't need that. I use LittleSnitch to see what is trying to connect to what. You can block it for everything, so after registration block all connections to 1Password. But then again maybe they (LittleSnitch) are in the secret corporation you fear too.

 

[new-to-mac]

here is your solution

 

[ohbrilliance]

Add a secure note in Keychain Access ( File > New Secure Note Item ) then type any confidential information into that. The security of this assumes that your login password is kept confidential.

 

[Bear]

I like to hide passwords on my computer..
Ought I buy a hide your file app for extra protection, or?
Thank you

There's a discussion in another thread you should look at - Best password manager?

I've been using oneSafe for Mac and for iOS. Everyone preferences are different in how an application works. You may need to look at a few until you find one you like.

 

[Brian33]

What's always deterred me by 1Password and similar solutions is the potential need to get onto a site on a remote computer or from a remote location. How do you handle those situations?

I think I liked about 1Password is that it is possible to access the password file from just a browser without relying upon the 1Password program itself. (Of course you have to enter the master pw to decrypt the database.) I like this in case the program fails to run for any reason; at least I can get all my passwords back. I don't want to trust their program to be forever bug-free, ha ha.

So, if you need to use a computer somewhere and don't have your own laptop or idevice, you could carry a USB stick with your password file on it (obviously it's encrypted). Assuming the "foreign" computer has a browser and a USB port, you would be able to access whatever password you need.

Or, if the foreign computer has Dropbox or some other file-syncing capability, you could store your 1Password file there. But then you'd have to have memorized the file-syncing service password, so it would be more like a 2-password system.

Or, you could print out your password database and carry it with you!

How do you handle the situation now, I wonder?

 

[flynz4]

How do you handle the situation now, I wonder?

I have no idea what this particular person does... but I'd wager that 99% of the people who do not use a password manager just re-use the same password (or small set of passwords) over and over.

Fearing a password manager... is a lot like refusing to wear a seat belt because of the fear that it might fail.

/Jim