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[Discuss] Password app
- Subject: [Discuss] Password app
- From: greg at freephile.com (Greg Rundlett (freephile))
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:20:58 -0400
- In-reply-to: <li6vbnryhro.fsf@panix5.panix.com>
- References: <CANaytceVbqFZsAjVGjhFvuKjb2y473K57x0-ZZbOdFa5496puQ@mail.gmail.com> <li6zjd3yl4p.fsf@panix5.panix.com> <54380B88.3060308@mattgillen.net> <li6vbnryhro.fsf@panix5.panix.com>
On Oct 10, 2014 1:08 PM, "Mike Small" <smallm at panix.com> wrote: > > Matthew Gillen <me at mattgillen.net> writes: > > > > Because you don't have to keep a that "password database file" on 5 > > different backup devices (and keep it updated on all your backup > > copies every time you add one). It's certainly not a security > > improvement. It's a usability improvement at the expense of security. > > > > What happens when you need to change a site's password? You use a new > master pass phrase. Now you either have to go change all your passwords > on each site or keep track of which were generated from the old and > which the new master passphrases. Is that not how it would work? There is an optional count parameter that let's you regenerate a password for a site.
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