[Discuss] Password app

Greg Rundlett (freephile) greg at freephile.com
Fri Oct 10 13:20:58 EDT 2014


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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