On 24/04/2017 16:18, Theo wrote:
In uk.d-i-y Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
A folder of text files or even password-locked Excel sheet on a cloud
drive or USB isn't quite the same thing, security wise...

Indeed. Keeping the passwords secure in memory is hard, and any homebrew
solution is likely to do it wrong. Use something designed for the job by
people who know what they're doing.


If you are an unimportant single person I'm not convinced.

For an unimportant person it is unlikely anyone will invest any time
cracking your home brew solution, as long as it is in some way non
standard. It doesn't have to be particularly good just quirky.

On the other hand malicious third parties will invest considerable
efforts trying to crack a standard widely used solution, even a well
designed one is vulnerable. If one of these systems is cracked your
account and details may be caught as one of millions exposed.