- I am a fan of Steve Gibson. Google him, he has lots of free security stuff. We all use computers here and this is important. And free. Free is good. This is cross platform everyone can benefit from it. glenn Begin forwarded message: > Steve Gibson did a detailed report of how Lastpass, http://lastpass.com/ > works, how the encryption is done, how the stored private keys are hashed, > combined with other info, hashed again, and even the hosting service can't > open the content. He also addressed how local replicas of the data can be > stored and used in the event that the host company tanks so you're not left > without your password file. > > What it does: > > You remember 1 id/password combo > You record the others inside the encrypted database > You no longer re-use one password multiple times > You no longer rely on dictionary-based passwords > You can have LP generate complex a/n passwords for you > > Remember the guy who had his hard drive confiscated and, after 2 years, the > FBI gave up on trying to decrypt it? He did it with a large, randomized > password and good encryption. > > What I didn't know that that the mutha was FREE! > > Load an app on your smart phone, your home PC, your laptop, etc. and all sync > through an encrypted data stream through the cloud. > > FREE! WOW! > > http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-256.pdf > > or listen to the audio clip of episode # 256 @ > http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm Glenn **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes to your account, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw Missouri Geocaching land policies --> http://tinyurl.com/lgyy84 Missouri Geocachers Forums --> http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php Missouri Geocachers Calendar ---> http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php?app=calendar