In my opinion: if you want to store any passwords online, it better be no important passwords. If you upload any information into cloud storage, don’t forget you’re entrusting it to a third party… Also, security breaches occur…and encrypted files can be deciphered.
If I were you, I’d rather store sensitive information somewhere safe, only within your reach and forget the cloud for anything remotely related to online shopping, or banking or involving cash.
It’s quite unlikely to happen, but even if you don’t have “megamilion” accounts as you say, someone could break the security of your “cloud” and from there, for instance get your passwords for your amazon or ebay or paypal (or whatever) account and somehow get you into trouble.
Dunbar Pappy ϟϟ June 27, 2013
When undertaking a cloud storage the best approach is pre-upload encryption.
With such a tiny amount (in volume) and with such monumental value: what’s the point?
Passwords kept in any digital form can (given enough time) be cracked.
Get yourself a small, plain looking note book (8″ X 5″) and hand write (in exaggerated font for ‘no mistake’ read back) all passphrases.
Have this ‘unit handbook’ divided into sections for different categories, like “On-line shopping sites”; “Software purchased”; “Internet accounts”; (or other arrangement that suits your fancy) with “user name” and “passphrase”.
When changing a password, put a line through the old one, so if necessary you can retrieve it; it won’t be totally gone in case the renaming process doesn’t go correctly.
Do not label the outside of the book “Passwords” or otherwise indicate what it is.
Nondescript is the best.
Then if the unit is stolen someone won’t grab the “keys to the kingdom”.
In my opinion: if you want to store any passwords online, it better be no important passwords. If you upload any information into cloud storage, don’t forget you’re entrusting it to a third party… Also, security breaches occur…and encrypted files can be deciphered.
If I were you, I’d rather store sensitive information somewhere safe, only within your reach and forget the cloud for anything remotely related to online shopping, or banking or involving cash.
It’s quite unlikely to happen, but even if you don’t have “megamilion” accounts as you say, someone could break the security of your “cloud” and from there, for instance get your passwords for your amazon or ebay or paypal (or whatever) account and somehow get you into trouble.
When undertaking a cloud storage the best approach is pre-upload encryption.
With such a tiny amount (in volume) and with such monumental value: what’s the point?
Passwords kept in any digital form can (given enough time) be cracked.
Get yourself a small, plain looking note book (8″ X 5″) and hand write (in exaggerated font for ‘no mistake’ read back) all passphrases.
Have this ‘unit handbook’ divided into sections for different categories, like “On-line shopping sites”; “Software purchased”; “Internet accounts”; (or other arrangement that suits your fancy) with “user name” and “passphrase”.
When changing a password, put a line through the old one, so if necessary you can retrieve it; it won’t be totally gone in case the renaming process doesn’t go correctly.
Do not label the outside of the book “Passwords” or otherwise indicate what it is.
Nondescript is the best.
Then if the unit is stolen someone won’t grab the “keys to the kingdom”.