I think it was just the major password was stored externally.. The only reason why I can think that they would do this is convenience for the end user. Not everyone is a savvy as a lot of us Tech people, they need help to do things, so when someone tells them.. "Hey we'll store your password safely with only you having access via one password that we will totally encrypt and it will be the safest thing ever LOLZ" ... people believe them because they can't be bothered remembering passwords.
Windows would have Scheduled Tasks which is an awful implementation. Crontab forever, but maybe not for backing up passwords. I'm annoyed enough when I think the sudo prompt has come up and I type the root password into my command history.
" because they can't be bothered remembering passwords"
Isn't part of the issue we have to use passwords we are now no longer ABLE to remember (this LastPass etc). They have to be long, they can't be words, they have to be a mix of characters and you need a different one for every web site you go to.
I don't see myself remember z00Yfy59gCpJZN7s and cqCTWQWJd3qDv any time soon. Even using the idea ThatYouCanMakeASentanceAndKeepEveryFirstLetter sort of thing doesn't work when the number of passwords an average person needs to have is in the hundreds.
I did have a fairly lengthy description of what my App did, but now I think I should really flesh it out more and release it as there is a need.
I can confirm that my app doesn't connect externally (doesn't even make a call home attempt) so you'll never have to send me anything, yet all passwords are 16 characters and unique and as long as you remember your master password, safe from those that don't know that password.
Sorry not pushing my app... trying to get myself hyped to finish it. Blah... we do need passwords, we just need to educate users to not put trust in external services that "store" your passwords.
I think it was just the major password was stored externally.. The only reason why I can think that they would do this is convenience for the end user. Not everyone is a savvy as a lot of us Tech people, they need help to do things, so when someone tells them.. "Hey we'll store your password safely with only you having access via one password that we will totally encrypt and it will be the safest thing ever LOLZ" ... people believe them because they can't be bothered remembering passwords.
Windows would have Scheduled Tasks which is an awful implementation. Crontab forever, but maybe not for backing up passwords. I'm annoyed enough when I think the sudo prompt has come up and I type the root password into my command history.
" because they can't be bothered remembering passwords"
Isn't part of the issue we have to use passwords we are now no longer ABLE to remember (this LastPass etc). They have to be long, they can't be words, they have to be a mix of characters and you need a different one for every web site you go to.
I don't see myself remember z00Yfy59gCpJZN7s and cqCTWQWJd3qDv any time soon. Even using the idea ThatYouCanMakeASentanceAndKeepEveryFirstLetter sort of thing doesn't work when the number of passwords an average person needs to have is in the hundreds.
We really need something other than passwords
I did have a fairly lengthy description of what my App did, but now I think I should really flesh it out more and release it as there is a need.
I can confirm that my app doesn't connect externally (doesn't even make a call home attempt) so you'll never have to send me anything, yet all passwords are 16 characters and unique and as long as you remember your master password, safe from those that don't know that password.
Sorry not pushing my app... trying to get myself hyped to finish it. Blah... we do need passwords, we just need to educate users to not put trust in external services that "store" your passwords.
I think there is a need, for options at least. We seem to be stuck with passwords, lots of them, and a lot of people eager to get their hands on them.
I'd definitely urge you to flesh your App out and give it a go on the market :)