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Am I safe using keepass for generating passwords? For example my accounts, am I safe using a keepass generated password? Could my future keepass master-keys be safely generated in keepass? What method is used? Keepass 2.30 fo… Continue reading Is keepass random password generator fully secure and trustworthy?
Everyone says “the code is open source, go check it out”. The truth is, I neither know how to validate the complex code nor can I understand the binaries in code or predict their behaviours. Has anyone actually read it, understood it and v… Continue reading Has anyone validated if KeePass is safe to use? Does it have any backdoors?
For various reasons I use both Keepass 2 and Lastpass. They have 90% the same password database. Is it secure to be using and maintaining both of them? Is it secure if they both use the same password (or a very similar password)?
Continue reading Is it secure to have two password managers?
I used to use a master password and “Windows User Account” to get into my password datasbase with Keepass 2. Then I realized the “Windows User Account” option is garbage because if you ever want to upgrade, migrate, reinstall… Continue reading Where to keep key file used as composite key for Keepass 2
If I change the extension of a Keepass database (i.e. change the .kdbx to something like .txt), Keepass is still able to open it. Is this an effective way for hiding the databases from an adversary?! Probably no. So, what methods are ther… Continue reading Hiding Keepass databases and Truecrypt containers
It certainly would be more convenient to store my KeePass database on either S3, Dropbox, or better yet SpiderOak. My fear is having my cloud storage account compromised then having the credentials recovered by either brute force or some o… Continue reading Storing KeePass database in cloud. How safe?
Password managers like KeePass often have an option to use a key file in addition to a master password.
I don’t understand how this increases security.
(Note: KeePass also allows using a key file instead of a master passwo… Continue reading How does a key file increase the security of a password manager?
Password managers like KeePass often have an option to use a key file in addition to a master password.
I don’t understand how this increases security.
(Note: KeePass also allows using a key file instead of a master passwo… Continue reading How does a key file increase the security of a password manager?