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I'd advise against it.

Again, what many of us are saying is third party password managers are always a bad idea for fundamental reasons. Before, it was just the account owners and the site. Now there's a third party that has some kind of access, and that third party is a juicy target.

Under what guarantee then? Why believe they are safe, especially since time has shown that many are not.

It's dumb, and I will continue to maintain that it's dumb right up until one of these companies offers indemnifcation or some other serious grown-up guarantee.

I will pay for your service if and only if you pay me if/when you mess up.



The modicum of security these companies offer are better than the nonexistent security practices at the places I've worked for, lol. I trust them way more than the average user or small business.


ya got me there. but still, we can do better :)


we can, but the average user not!

if you are tech savvy, like to keep up to date on security and are ok with the hassle of setting up a NAS, sync stuff and know how to keep it secure, perhaps. If you had to pay me to do it for you, a few dollars service fee might be much cheaper...




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