[ale] OT-old password managers and family...

[Raj Wurttemberg]

Lack of portability?!?!  What?? Just hand them the 5.25" floppy!  HAHA! 

TRS-80... whew.. I remember when my dad built a Model 3 with dual drives.  I just finished getting a Visual 1050 (circa 1984) rebuilt.  I replaced the A: drive with a GOTEK floppy emulator, so I have gigabytes of storage available (has multiple floppies as mountable disk images).

(I miss my old PalmPilot!)

Thanks,
/Raj

-----Original Message-----
From: Ale [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of DJ-Pfulio
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:06 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] OT-old password managers and family...

I use keepassX (looking at XC), but used to use a non-networked PalmPilot Pro in the 1990s.  It wasn't a 1-trick pony, though compared to our networked personal tracking devices everyone (including me) carry everywhere, it was with the 15 tricks it did.  The Palm still works, BTW.

The issue with a C64 solution is lack of portability. Besides that, I like it, though a TRS-80 Model 1 would be more secure - fewer knowledgeable users. ;)

For many humans, a piece of paper near their computer with the login / half the password is plenty secure.  Just append/prepend some standard other part of the password to every login.  This assumes they treat that paper like they would a
$500 bill and don't leave it clearly out.  I do something like that with my yubikey logins that aren't networked.


On 10/24/2017 10:29 AM, Raj Wurttemberg wrote:
> Bah! I just store mine passwords in clear text on my Commodore 64.  It’s not connected to the internet and no one knows how to use it but me. Very secure! 
> 
> Just kidding… I use KeePass. :)
> 
> /Raj
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ale [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Michael H. 
> Warfield
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:01 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: Re: [ale] Of password managers and family...
> 
> So what wrong with them using KeePass/KeePassX/KeePassXC/KeePassDroid? 
> It works on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, etc, etc, etc...  Am I missing something here?  You already said you use it and it's as simple as any of the others and it would be compatible with what you are using.  What is it missing or what are the barriers?
> 
>> Thanks!
> 
> Mike
> 
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