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Originally Posted by ratinox
You're hardly the only person who uses an encrypted file.
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I didn't say I was. I am, however, the only person who uses a file encrypted in this particular way (that's home-brew as well), and uses this particular app to access it.
Not necessarily any more secure per-se than the commercial vaults (but probably no less so), but it's home-brew nature means that the miscreants won't be investing any time trying to crack it (if they even knew it existed).
It also means I don't have to trust the providers of the commercial vaults - what if one of their developers goes rogue and releases a dodgy update? Or even is just a bit sloppy.
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And I wouldn't necessarily say it is harder to attack than something built into a browser, only that the attack vectors are different. For example, do you use a cloud backup solution like Backblaze, or a cloud sync solution like OneDrive or Dropbox?
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No - everything backed up locally (encrypted, of course), with backup disks kept in a fire safe.
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It's things like these which are why I suggest and recommend paper.
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That wouldn't work for me - I'd just lose the paper! It would also mean I'd have to go find the paper whenever I needed a password.
I'd also worry about anyone who broke into my house and found it having access to my banking passwords etc.