[dba-Tech] Password Manager apps

[Rocky Smolin]

Where is the file stored? (windows)

R

On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 7:17 PM John Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:

> They are stored in an encrypted file, with the password to get into that
> only known to you.  It is up to you to use a password that cannot be
> hacked.  I use a 12 character password with upper / lower / number /
> symbols.  It is ONLY used to get into my password manager.
>
> The passwords are stored on your PC as well as on the web.  The file on the
> web is used for syncing passwords, adding a new device, adding a new
> password on one of the devices etc.
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 10:56 AM Daniel Waters <df.waters at outlook.com>
> wrote:
>
> > When I got LastPass one of their selling points was that the passwords
> > could not be compromised if my PC was hacked because they were stored on
> a
> > LastPass server (or servers) - not on a user's PC.  Has that changed?
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces+df.waters=
> > outlook.com at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
> > Sent: 6 October, 2022 23:40
> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <
> > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Password Manager apps
> >
> > But Dan said "not on my PC" :)
> >
> > On 6 Oct 2022 at 21:15, John Colby wrote:
> >
> > > No, a local copy is on the machine.  The copy on the server is for
> > > syncing between machines.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 6:20 PM Stuart McLachlan
> > > <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote:
> > >
> > > > SO if "soneone else's  system, somewhere in the world that you have
> > > > no control over" goes down for any reason,  you loose all your
> > > > passwords? :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 5 Oct 2022 at 21:53, Daniel Waters wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I use LastPass.  The passwords are stored on their encrypted
> > > > > server - not on my PC.
> > > > >
> > > > > Dan
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: dba-Tech
> > > > > <dba-tech-bounces+df.waters=outlook.com at databaseadvisors.com> On
> > > > > Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 5 October, 2022 15:38 To: Discussion
> > > > > of Hardware and Software issues <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> > > > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Password Manager apps
> > > > >
> > > > > I 8se LastPass.
> > > > >
> > > > > R
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 5:39 PM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Do any of you use a password managing app? Avast One has one,
> > > > > > but I've not enabled it yet. Pros and cons? The one with Google
> > > > > > does well enough although I occasionally have to go in and fix
> > > > > > items.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Susan H.
> > > > > >
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