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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1795550" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>You can read about 1Password's approach here: <a href="https://1password.com/security/" target="_blank">https://1password.com/security/</a></p><p></p><p>And about Dashlane's security here: <a href="https://www.dashlane.com/download/Dashlane_SecurityWhitePaper_December2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.dashlane.com/download/Dashlane_SecurityWhitePaper_December2017.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>I would assess the security of current technology like that as being above the security of carrying things around on a USB stick. All it takes is for that stick to be left behind, dropped, stolen and not only do the bad guys have it, you don't and can't get it back because you took it from your home machine. I know you said you both have copies, but even so, during the time Burglar Bill knows he has the data and you find out you don't, BB can do a lot of damage.</p><p></p><p>As far as I know, neither 1Password nor Dashlane nor Apple have suffered significant data breeches. Apple did have some accounts hacked who had very weak passwords a few years ago, but has implemented 2FA to make that highly unlikely any more. And even if the hackers get to my account, the password file is still AES-256 encrypted. For more reading on AES-256, here is a wikipedia link: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard#Known_attacks" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard#Known_attacks</a></p><p></p><p>Frankly, computer security is like home security. I don't need to be absolutely uncrackable, as long as I am more difficult to crack than my neighbor. Burglar Bill wants the hardware, not the data on the hardware, so just some simple things will make it harder for BB than it's worth to him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1795550, member: 396914"] You can read about 1Password's approach here: [url]https://1password.com/security/[/url] And about Dashlane's security here: [url]https://www.dashlane.com/download/Dashlane_SecurityWhitePaper_December2017.pdf[/url] I would assess the security of current technology like that as being above the security of carrying things around on a USB stick. All it takes is for that stick to be left behind, dropped, stolen and not only do the bad guys have it, you don't and can't get it back because you took it from your home machine. I know you said you both have copies, but even so, during the time Burglar Bill knows he has the data and you find out you don't, BB can do a lot of damage. As far as I know, neither 1Password nor Dashlane nor Apple have suffered significant data breeches. Apple did have some accounts hacked who had very weak passwords a few years ago, but has implemented 2FA to make that highly unlikely any more. And even if the hackers get to my account, the password file is still AES-256 encrypted. For more reading on AES-256, here is a wikipedia link: [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard#Known_attacks[/url] Frankly, computer security is like home security. I don't need to be absolutely uncrackable, as long as I am more difficult to crack than my neighbor. Burglar Bill wants the hardware, not the data on the hardware, so just some simple things will make it harder for BB than it's worth to him. [/QUOTE]
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