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[Disclaimer: I work for AgileBits, makers of 1Password.]Thanks for asking me to answer this, Marc Bodnick. The short answer is that your data is safe in 1Password. Fundamental design choices were made to protect everything you store in 1Password so you can trust it with your passwords, financial information, and more. 1Password protects you and your information in three different ways:End-to-end encryption leaves the keys in your hands — and nowhere else.Smart features limit your exposure to threats outside 1Password.Full transparency ensures 1Password can be and is audited by experts.Encryption1Password security begins with your Master Password. It’s used to encrypt your data, so no one but you can read it. It’s also used to decrypt your data when you need it. Your Master Password is never shared with anyone, even us at AgileBits, which means that you’re the only person who can unlock your 1Password vaults and access your information. Here’s how 1Password secures your data – and the Master Password used to protect it – from all kinds of attacks:End-to-end encryption. 1Password never saves decrypted data to disk, and whether you use a 1Password account or sync your data with iCloud or Dropbox, everything is always end-to-end encrypted. This makes it impossible for someone to learn anything by intercepting your data while it’s in transit or even obtaining it from AgileBits. Learn more about how 1Password protects your data when you use a sync service.256-bit AES encryption. Your 1Password data is kept safe by AES-GCM-256 authenticated encryption. The data you entrust to 1Password is effectively impossible to decrypt.Secure random numbers. Encryption keys, initialization vectors, and nonces are all generated using cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generators.PBKDF2 key strengthening. 1Password uses PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256 for key derivation which makes it harder for someone to repeatedly guess your Master Password. A strong Master Password could take decades to crack. Learn more about how PBKDF2 strengthens your Master Password.A secret Master Password. Your Master Password is never stored alongside your 1Password data or transmitted over the network. Taking this precaution is a bit like making sure the key to a safe isn’t kept right next to it: Keeping the two separate makes everything more secure. The same principle applies here.Secret Key. The data in your 1Password account is protected by your 128-bit Secret Key, which is combined with your Master Password to encrypt your data. Learn more about your Secret Key.FeaturesSecurity doesn’t end with encryption. 1Password was designed to protect your data in other ways, too, whether it’s by automatically clearing your clipboard or making sure your Master Password can’t be stolen. Here are just some of the other ways 1Password keeps your data safe:Clipboard management. 1Password can be set to automatically remove passwords from your clipboard. This prevents anyone from gaining access to your data by pasting a password you copied and forgot about. It also means that tools that save your clipboard history don’t store your secrets.Code signature validation. 1Password verifies that your browser has been signed by an identified developer before filling your sensitive information. This protects you if your browser is tampered with, or if you try to use a browser that hasn’t been proven secure.Auto-lock. 1Password can automatically lock to make sure that no one can access your data when you’re away from your desk or after closing the lid on your laptop. Learn how to set 1Password to lock automatically.Secure input fields. 1Password uses secure input fields to prevent other tools from knowing what you type in the 1Password apps. This means that your personal information, including your Master Password, is protected against keyloggers.Watchtower vulnerability alerts. 1Password can warn you when a website has been hacked — without ever sending AgileBits a list of the websites you visit. Learn more about how Watchtower protects your privacy.Phishing protection. 1Password only fills passwords on the sites where they were saved. No one can steal your password by pretending to be a site you trust.Your input, required. 1Password only displays or fills data when you tell it to. Whether you’re revealing a password or filling your shipping address in your browser, your personal information is never displayed or filled without your command.Biometric access. You can unlock 1Password with your fingerprint on your MacBook Pro, iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. This makes accessing your information more convenient, and also means that someone can’t learn your Master Password by peering over your shoulder. Learn more about biometric security on Mac, iOS, and Android.Transparency1Password wasn’t built in a vacuum. It was developed on top of open standards that anyone with the right skills can investigate, implement, and improve. Open tools are trusted, proven, and constantly getting better. Here’s how 1Password respects the principles behind the open tools on which it relies:Open data formats. 1Password uses two open data formats for all your information. These data formats are available to anyone who wants to examine them to prove that they do what they say they do. Learn more about the designs of OPVault and Agile Keychain.Trusted encryption algorithms. 1Password uses algorithms that experts have examined and verified to keep information secure.Principled privacy policy. 1Password was designed with a deep respect for your privacy. Any information you share with us is only ever used to provide you with service and support. Learn more about 1Password and your privacy.Straightforward export tools. 1Password includes simple export tools that make it easy to move information out of 1Password. Your data is yours, and you can leave if ever you choose to. Learn more about how to export data from 1Password.Learn moreAbout 1Password and your privacyHow to keep your 1Password account secureHow 1Password protects your data when you use a sync service1Password Security Design White Paper [PDF]Get more helpI hope my answer here is some indication of our responsive support as well as the attention we pay to every detail of 1Password.If you have any additional questions, don’t hesitate to let me know. I’m happy to reply here on Quora, or you can contact our fantastic team at any time.

Good question. There are actually several different questions all rolled into this one, so I'll try to address each of them. Apologies in advance for the novel. You raised some very good issues — directly and indirectly — which I think are important. It is great that you are thinking about these things.Won't any local, file-based syncing solution work to sync 1Password data on the desktop?Yep. You can use tools like ChronoSync and rsync to keep your data file up to date across multiple desktop machines without any Internet connection because third-party apps have access to the file system on the desktop and can sync the files directly. There are some caveats, but most of the known issues with specific sync solutions are covered in the User Guide:http://help.agilebits.com/1Passw...As you may know, the situation is pretty different on mobile platforms where apps are sandboxed and don't have access to the file system. So, for example, the Dropbox iOS app can't and doesn't have any roll in syncing 1Password on iOS. Any syncing in the mobile apps needs to be built in to the 1Password app itself. The problem is that there are not really great ways to do this with the majority of sync solutions. Dropbox provides two things that are very important for syncing 1Password data:It provides the necessary programming tools (APIs) for all of the platforms that we support: Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, and Windows Phone 7.It provides syncing to truly native filesystems for Mac and Windows.We've gone into greater detail in our "Alternatives to Dropbox cloud syncing" support article:http://support.agilebits.com/kb/...If all you need is desktop syncing, there are many options available to you, and they are listed in the aforelinked section of the User Guide above. Please do be aware, though, that you will need a true sync solution. Storing 1Password data on a network share or external volume is neither recommended nor supported. You want to make sure that each machine has an entire copy of the data stored locally for performance and reliability. A key component of security is data availability. :)Can I sync mobile devices without an Internet connection?Yep. 1Password for Mac syncs with 1Password on iOS via Wi-Fi. No Internet connection needed.http://help.agilebits.com/1Passw...How secure is 1Password?I won't bore you with all the details of the AES-encrypted, PBKDF2-strengthened Agile Keychain Format which uses a combination of the OpenSSL library, CommonCrypto, or Windows cryptography libraries depending on platform and version for all of its encryption and key generation needs. You can read about that in our Agile Keychain Design document:http://help.agilebits.com/1Passw...One of the best ways to show just how strongly 1Password protects your data is by pitting it against the pre-eminent password cracking tool John the Ripper. We've did just that not too long ago:http://blog.agilebits.com/2012/0...So is it safe to store 1Password data in the cloud?Your secrets in your 1Password data are safe wherever they are stored. Although we don’t recommend making your 1Password database publicly available to the world, we have designed it so that your username and password data (along with other secret data stored within it) is protected no matter whose hands they fall into. For this and other reasons we are very confident when we recommend cloud syncing of 1Password data with Dropbox. Our "Security of storing 1Password data in the Cloud" document goes into increasing detail about the security measures in place and issues surrounding them:http://help.agilebits.com/1Passw...Some of the key points from the document:Your master password is never transmitted from your computer or device.All 1Password decryption and encryption is performed on your computer or device.The 1Password data format was designed to withstand sophisticated attacks if it fell into the wrong hands (cf. John the Ripper blog post above).Dropbox provides an additional layer of encryption.Might there be a backdoor in 1Password (or my copy of 1Password)?While our Agile Keychain Design document (linked above) doesn't directly address the question of whether or not there is a backdoor in 1Password, it does show that we are as open as possible about our data formats, which are fully available for inspection.However, that is only part of an answer. There are, in fact, two parts to the question. One is about a backdoor which someone at Agile would maliciously put in the code, the other is about a third party supplying you with a modified version of 1Password. For the latter, we use Apple's codesigning system as well as have our updater verify each download against a digital signature. I can give you more detail about those if you wish, but I suspect that you are more interested to know that we are not the bad guys ourselves.The simple truth is that you can never be absolutely certain that there is no backdoor. There isn't one, but if we would do something so evil as to put in a backdoor, we certainly would be willing to lie about it. So you can't simply take our word for it. Nonetheless, there are things that I can point to which are strong indicators that there is no backdoor. I know that we at Agile are all good people, but simply stating that does not prove it. Therefore, let me point to reasons that go beyond reliance on our virtue.It would be incredibly foolish of us from a business perspective to put in a backdoor. The trust that we have from our customers is our livelihood. There are very sophisticated security researchers out there scrutinizing 1Password for security flaws. If they were to discover a backdoor, our reputation and business would come to an end. Consider the effort that has gone into developing 1Password over the years. Our business is about providing a quality product and support. If we were seeking credit card numbers and online banking credentials, we would be conducting our business differently. These are some great reasons to avoid low-cost password managers from fly-by-night companies who don't offer a lot of detail about their formats and methods.We have never had any government pressure to put in a backdoor. We are a Canadian company, and we have an international staff. If one government were to try to pressure us, we could easily relocate the business to another jurisdiction.Lots of people within AgileBits have access to the source code which means that if one of us tried to put in a backdoor, others would spot it. So it would not be possible for just one or two people colluding to do it. At the same time, only a few people have the ability to sign the code that gets distributed, so all changes do get reviewed.We can't be as fully open as an open source project, but within the constraints of our business we try to be as open as possible. With our Chrome extension, where more code is written in JavaScript, that source is available for inspection (although parts of it are obfuscated).For network operations, you can monitor all network traffic coming from 1Password and its components. You will only find three cases where 1Password opens a network connection.For WiFi syncing (if you use it) 1Password for Mac will pick up host information over Bonjour and then open up a connection on the local network to 1Password on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch but only when you have set things up for Wi-Fi syncing.Our updater will check for new updates, fetch them, and verify their signature. You can disable this if you wish (Preferences > Updates > Automatically check for updates).Thumbnail previews are retrieved when you create a new Login. 1Password will attempt to create a preview of that page (with no form filling). This can also be disabled (Preferences > Logins > Login Previews).All of the encryption and security protocols we use are from well known and well reviewed libraries. This means that it would be harder for us to conceal a backdoor as we just aren't in a position to make subtle changes to the actual encryption algorithms and protocols. Our practice of not "rolling our own" encryption implementation is also an overall security advantage. As we've said elsewhere, proprietary encryption systems are a warning sign, not a virtue.I hope that this goes some way to reassuring you. As I said, we know we are honest, and we want you to know that too. Caution and skepticism are healthy habits, though, especially when it comes to security.Please let me know if you would like any clarification of any of these points or if there is anything else I can help with.---Khad Young, AgileBits, http://agilebits.com/support

[Disclaimer: I work for AgileBits, makers of 1Password, a password manager and secure wallet.]Remembering passwords is bad for your password healthIt is great that you are considering a password manager. You are now in a fantastic position to have better password hygiene than most folks. As security researcher Troy Hunt says, “The only secure password is the one you can’t remember.”Many folks cling tightly to their desire to use passwords they can remember which actually ends up hurting them from a security perspective. I choose to use a password manager because it offers far better security than using passwords weak enough to remember or — even worse — reusing them.I don't know any of my passwordsThe idea behind a password manager like 1Password is that you only need to remember one Master Password. Then, 1Password securely generates, stores, and fills all your individual passwords for you. You don't have to remember anything as long as you never lose your Master Password. (Keeping a backup copy of it in a second safe location is a great idea. You may want to fill out the entire 1Password Emergency Kit for good measure.)Not all password managers are created equal1Password offers some features and has certain security characteristics that other password managers do not. One may share a few of them, and another may share others, but the specific combination below is not shared with any other password manager. You should, by all means, investigate all your options, but if you wish to “check all of the boxes” below, 1Password may be at the top of your list.1Password is not a service that you connect to or log in to. Instead it works entirely by keeping your data encrypted and stored on your devices. We have none of your data in any form. This has two big benefits:Because we have none of your data we can't lose, use, or abuse it, even if we were (compelled to be) evil.This security architecture means that we don't have an authentication system to defend. Your data is protected through an encryption-only system, without any of the threats that authentication-based systems face.1Password protects your data using a publicly documented format. It's completely buzzword compliant—authenticated encryption: AES-256-CBC and HMAC-SHA256; key derivation: PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA512—but, more importantly, the format used by 1Password is available for scrutiny by you and the security community at large. You have secrets; we don't. Why our data format is public. Of course, I can't think of many better ways to show how well 1Password protects your data than by pitting it against the pre-eminent password cracking tool `hashcat`: Crackers report great news for 1Password 4.1Password is the only password manager that has ever won a design award. As Steve Jobs once said, “People think it's this veneer — that the designers are handed this box and told, ‘Make it look good!’ That's not what we think design is. It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” 1Password is an Ars Design Award winner.1Password integrates directly with all major browsers. Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer are supported on the desktop. On iOS, 1Password even fills in Safari and third-party iOS apps that have added support for the 1Password extension. This not only makes your life much simpler but keeps sensitive data off the clipboard. It is filled securely with your explicit approval. On the Mac for example, Command-\ will log you into any website for which you have saved a Login — secure and convenient.1Password syncs with Mac, Windows, iOS, Android. Using strong unique passwords that you can't remember is no good if you don't have access to them.1Password provides an option to use your own, private Wi-Fi network to sync. You can sync without using a cloud service like Dropbox or iCloud. No data leaves your own local network. Again, you're in control of your own data. (You may be detecting a theme here.)1Password does not charge monthly or annual fees. Once you have a Windows license, for example, you can use it on all the PCs you can possibly afford. Likewise for Mac, etc.1Password supports numerous import formats and allows you to export all of your data to standard CSV or our own 1Password Interchange Format at any time. We think you will like 1Password enough that we don't need to artificially lock you in. We want happy users not trapped ones.But before this turns into nothing more than a sales pitch, let me share some tips for evaluating password managers. This will be useful to you even if you don't end up choosing 1Password. You can verify the safety of an application by studying the data that it is (1) reading/writing and (2) sending/receiving. First, let's take a look at the latter.One cannot accidentally share what one doesn't haveThe data that any application sends and receives is pretty easy to monitor. Some applications even provide a guide outlining all of the network activity you can expect from the application. For an app which doesn't require you to sign in to an online service, network activity can be completely optional.In that case, an app that doesn't require a network connection can work entirely by keeping your data encrypted and stored on your devices. If the company making the app has none of your data in any form, you get the two big benefits I mentioned above:If they have none of your data they can't lose, use, or abuse it, even if they were (compelled to be) evil.Such a security architecture can mean that they don't have an authentication system to defend. Your data can be protected through an encryption-only system, without any of the threats that authentication-based systems face.Does the product, service, or app you are evaluating have a copy of your data? Do you need to authenticate to a service in order to access your data? These are some good questions to ask.Now you don't have to actually be concerned about anyone “turning evil” for such a distinction to matter. If someone has the capacity to do damage, they can do it by accident. If someone does not have the capacity to do damage, then they couldn't do it even by accident. No secrets but your own“A cryptosystem should be secure even if everything about the system, except the key, is public knowledge.” — Kerckhoffs's principleThe data an application reads and writes is critical to its function. Is its data format publicly documented? Has it been published to benefit from public expert scrutiny? While an individual may not have the necessary knowledge to parse such a tome, it is important that is available to the security experts who do.If you have access to the design of the data format, you can verify that the app uses well-trusted, standard library implementations of cryptographic functions. Cryptographic experts agree: there is no need to roll our own crypto.What measures does the app take to slow down cracking attempts? Does the developer have a good relationship with the security community? For that matter, how does the cracking community view the app?These are just a few of the sorts of questions you can begin by asking. I hope that helps you make an informed decision. Stay safe out there!

[Disclaimer: I work for AgileBits, makers of 1Password, a password manager and secure wallet.]Remembering passwords is bad for your password healthIt is great that you are considering a password manager. You are now in a fantastic position to have better password hygiene than most folks. As security researcher Troy Hunt says, “The only secure password is the one you can’t remember.”Many folks cling tightly to their desire to use passwords they can remember which actually ends up hurting them from a security perspective. I choose to use a password manager because it offers far better security than using passwords weak enough to remember or — even worse — reusing them.I don't know any of my passwordsThe idea behind a password manager like 1Password is that you only need to remember one Master Password. Then, 1Password securely generates, stores, and fills all your individual passwords for you. You don't have to remember anything as long as you never lose your Master Password. Write it down on your Emergency Kit and keep inNot all password managers are created equal1Password offers some features and has certain security characteristics that other password managers do not. One may share a few of them, and another may share others, but the specific combination below is not shared with any other password manager. You should, by all means, investigate all your options, but if you wish to “check all of the boxes” below, 1Password may be at the top of your list.1Password protects your data using a publicly documented format. It's completely buzzword compliant—authenticated encryption: AES-256-CBC and HMAC-SHA256; key derivation: PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA512—but, more importantly, the format used by 1Password is available for scrutiny by you and the security community at large. You have secrets; we don't. Why our data format is public. Of course, I can't think of many better ways to show how well 1Password protects your data than by pitting it against the pre-eminent password cracking tool `hashcat`: Crackers report great news for 1Password 4.1Password is the only password manager that has ever won a design award. As Steve Jobs once said, “People think it's this veneer — that the designers are handed this box and told, ‘Make it look good!’ That's not what we think design is. It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” 1Password is an Ars Design Award winner.1Password integrates directly with all major browsers. Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer are supported on the desktop. On iOS, 1Password even fills in Safari and third-party iOS apps that have added support for the 1Password extension. This not only makes your life much simpler but keeps sensitive data off the clipboard. It is filled securely with your explicit approval. On the Mac for example, Command-\ will log you into any website for which you have saved a Login — secure and convenient.1Password syncs with Mac, Windows, iOS, Android. Using strong unique passwords that you can't remember is no good if you don't have access to them. Sync comes standard with 1Password.1Password provides an option to use your own, private Wi-Fi network to sync. If you don't want a subscription, you can still sync without even using a cloud service like Dropbox or iCloud. No data leaves your own local network. You're in control of your own data.1Password does not require monthly or annual fees. If you choose the one-time purchase option, you can use it on all your Macs and PCs without any ongoing cost. If you want the benefits of a family or team subscription such as sharing, the monthly fee is low.1Password supports numerous import formats and allows you to export all of your data to standard CSV or our own 1Password Interchange Format at any time. We think you will like 1Password enough that we don't need to artificially lock you in. We want happy users not trapped ones.But before this turns into nothing more than a sales pitch, let me share some tips for evaluating password managers. This will be useful to you even if you don't end up choosing 1Password. You can verify the safety of an application by studying the data that it is (1) reading/writing and (2) sending/receiving. First, let's take a look at the latter.One cannot accidentally share what one doesn't haveThe data that any application sends and receives is pretty easy to monitor. Some applications even provide a guide outlining all of the network activity you can expect from the application. For an app which doesn't require you to sign in to an online service, network activity can be completely optional. But an important part of security is data availability. If you don’t have your data available to you, it’s not really helping you be more secure.For this reason, it’s important that you can securely sync your data. A good question to ask is: does the app take precautions to protect your data?Encrypting your data at rest. Is the data always stored encrypted? That way, no matter how you choose to sync, your data can’t be read by anyone on the other end.Encrypting your data during transit. Is your data encrypted while it’s being uploaded or downloaded, so it’s always protected while it travels between devices?Decrypting your data on your device. Is your data only ever decrypted on your device? That way, you’re the only one who can see it.Additionally, are you restricted to just one sync method? You should be able to choose how you want to sync your data and have the freedom to change your mind after you’ve set up a sync service.No secrets but your own“A cryptosystem should be secure even if everything about the system, except the key, is public knowledge.” — Kerckhoffs’ principleThe data an application reads and writes is critical to its function. Is its data format publicly documented? Has it been published to benefit from public expert scrutiny? While an individual may not have the necessary knowledge to parse such a tome, it is important that is available to the security experts who do.If you have access to the design of the data format, you can verify that the app uses well-trusted, standard library implementations of cryptographic functions. Cryptographic experts agree: there is no need to roll our own crypto.What measures does the app take to slow down cracking attempts? Does the developer have a good relationship with the security community? For that matter, how does the cracking community view the app?These are just a few of the sorts of questions you can begin by asking. I hope that helps you make an informed decision. Stay safe out there!

[Disclaimer: I work for AgileBits, makers of 1Password, a password manager and secure wallet.]Remembering passwords is bad for your password healthAs security researcher Troy Hunt says, “The only secure password is the one you can’t remember.”Many folks cling tightly to their desire to use passwords they can remember which actually ends up hurting them from a security perspective. I choose to use a password manager because it offers far better security than using passwords weak enough to remember or — even worse — reusing them.I don't know any of my passwordsThe idea behind a password manager like 1Password is that you only need to “remember” one Master Password. You can even write it down and store it in a secure location such as your wallet or wherever you keep your credit cards. You already know how to keep your credit cards safe. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. This is exactly what security expert Bruce Schneier recommends.Then, 1Password securely generates, stores, and fills all your individual passwords for you. You don't have to remember anything as long as you never lose your Master Password. (Keeping a backup copy of it in a second safe location is a great idea. You may want to fill out the entire 1Password Emergency Kit for good measure.)Not all password managers are created equalI do want to point out that 1Password offers some features and has certain security characteristics that other password managers do not. One may share a few of them, and another may share others, but the specific combination below is not shared with any other password manager. You should, by all means, investigate all your options, but if you wish to “check all of the boxes” below, 1Password may be at the top of your list, and you have a couple different options:1Password Families — A subscription that includes all the apps, free upgrades, web access, and sharing. For 1 to 5 people.One-time purchase — A license that includes the desktop apps. You have full control over syncing. For a single person.Regardless of which option you choose…1Password protects your data using a publicly documented format. It's completely buzzword compliant—authenticated encryption: AES-256-CBC and HMAC-SHA256; key derivation: PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA512—but, more importantly, the format used by 1Password is available for scrutiny by you and the security community at large. You have secrets; we don't. Why our data format is public. Of course, I can't think of many better ways to show how well 1Password protects your data than by pitting it against the pre-eminent password cracking tool `hashcat`: Crackers report great news for 1Password 4.1Password is the only password manager that has ever won a design award. As Steve Jobs once said, “People think it's this veneer — that the designers are handed this box and told, ‘Make it look good!’ That's not what we think design is. It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” 1Password is an Ars Design Award winner.1Password integrates directly with all major browsers. Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer are supported on the desktop. On iOS, 1Password even fills in Safari and third-party iOS apps that have added support for the 1Password extension. This not only makes your life much simpler but keeps sensitive data off the clipboard. It is filled securely with your explicit approval. On the Mac for example, Command-\ will log you into any website for which you have saved a Login — secure and convenient.1Password syncs with Mac, Windows, iOS, Android. Using strong unique passwords that you can't remember is no good if you don't have access to them. Sync comes standard with 1Password.1Password provides an option to use your own, private Wi-Fi network to sync. If you don't want a 1Password Families subscription, you can still sync without even using a cloud service like Dropbox or iCloud. No data leaves your own local network. You're in control of your own data.1Password does not require monthly or annual fees. If you choose the one-time purchase option, you can use it on all your Macs and PCs without any ongoing cost. If you want the benefits of a family account such as sharing, the monthly fee is low.1Password supports numerous import formats and allows you to export all of your data to standard CSV or our own 1Password Interchange Format at any time. We think you will like 1Password enough that we don't need to artificially lock you in. We want happy users not trapped ones.But before this turns into nothing more than a sales pitch, let me share some tips for evaluating password managers. This will be useful to you even if you don't end up choosing 1Password. You can verify the safety of an application by studying the data that it is (1) reading/writing and (2) sending/receiving. First, let's take a look at the latter.One cannot accidentally share what one doesn't haveThe data that any application sends and receives is pretty easy to monitor. Some applications even provide a guide outlining all of the network activity you can expect from the application. For an app which doesn't require you to sign in to an online service, network activity can be completely optional.In that case, an app that doesn't require a network connection can work entirely by keeping your data encrypted and stored on your devices. If the company making the app has none of your data in any form, you get the two big benefits I mentioned above:If they have none of your data they can't lose, use, or abuse it, even if they were (compelled to be) evil.Such a security architecture can mean that they don't have an authentication system to defend. Your data can be protected through an encryption-only system, without any of the threats that authentication-based systems face.Does the product, service, or app you are evaluating have a copy of your data? Do you need to authenticate to a service in order to access your data? These are some good questions to ask.Now you don't have to actually be concerned about anyone “turning evil” for such a distinction to matter. If someone has the capacity to do damage, they can do it by accident. If someone does not have the capacity to do damage, then they couldn't do it even by accident.No secrets but your own“A cryptosystem should be secure even if everything about the system, except the key, is public knowledge.” — Kerckhoffs’ principleThe data an application reads and writes is critical to its function. Is its data format publicly documented? Has it been published to benefit from public expert scrutiny? While an individual may not have the necessary knowledge to parse such a tome, it is important that is available to the security experts who do.If you have access to the design of the data format, you can verify that the app uses well-trusted, standard library implementations of cryptographic functions. Cryptographic experts agree: there is no need to roll our own crypto.What measures does the app take to slow down cracking attempts? Does the developer have a good relationship with the security community? For that matter, how does the cracking community view the app? If your data is hosted, is there a security white paper outlining exactly how it is protected?These are just a few of the sorts of questions you can begin by asking. I hope that helps you make an informed decision. Stay safe out there!

[Disclaimer: I work for AgileBits, makers of 1Password, a password manager and secure wallet.]Remembering passwords is bad for your password healthIn some sense, you are actually in a fantastic position to have better password hygiene than most folks. As security researcher Troy Hunt says, “The only secure password is the one you can’t remember.”Many folks cling tightly to their desire to use passwords they can remember which actually ends up hurting them from a security perspective. I myself do not have a health-related need to use a password manager, but I choose to use one because it offers far better security than using passwords weak enough to remember or — even worse — reusing them.I don't know any of my passwordsThe idea behind a password manager like 1Password is that you only need to “remember” one Master Password. Although, in your case, you could simply write it down and store it in a secure location such as your wallet or wherever you keep your credit cards. You already know how to keep your credit cards safe. There is no need to reinvent the wheel.Then, 1Password securely generates, stores, and fills all your individual passwords for you. You don't have to remember anything as long as you never lose your Master Password. (Keeping a backup copy of it in a second safe location is a great idea. You may want to fill out the entire 1Password Emergency Kit for good measure.)Not all password managers are created equalI do want to point out that 1Password offers some features and has certain security characteristics that other password managers do not. One may share a few of them, and another may share others, but the specific combination below is not shared with any other password manager. You should, by all means, investigate all your options, but if you wish to “check all of the boxes” below, 1Password may be at the top of your list.1Password is not a service that you connect to or log in to. Instead it works entirely by keeping your data encrypted and stored on your devices. We have none of your data in any form. This has two big benefits:Because we have none of your data we can't lose, use, or abuse it, even if we were (compelled to be) evil.This security architecture means that we don't have an authentication system to defend. Your data is protected through an encryption-only system, without any of the threats that authentication-based systems face.1Password protects your data using a publicly documented format. It's completely buzzword compliant—authenticated encryption: AES-256-CBC and HMAC-SHA256; key derivation: PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA512—but, more importantly, the format used by 1Password is available for scrutiny by you and the security community at large. You have secrets; we don't. Why our data format is public. Of course, I can't think of many better ways to show how well 1Password protects your data than by pitting it against the pre-eminent password cracking tool `hashcat`: Crackers report great news for 1Password 4.1Password is the only password manager that has ever won a design award. As Steve Jobs once said, “People think it's this veneer — that the designers are handed this box and told, ‘Make it look good!’ That's not what we think design is. It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” 1Password is an Ars Design Award winner.1Password integrates directly with all major browsers. Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer are supported on the desktop. On iOS, 1Password even fills in Safari and third-party iOS apps that have added support for the 1Password extension. This not only makes your life much simpler but keeps sensitive data off the clipboard. It is filled securely with your explicit approval. On the Mac for example, Command-\ will log you into any website for which you have saved a Login — secure and convenient.1Password syncs with Mac, Windows, iOS, Android. Using strong unique passwords that you can't remember is no good if you don't have access to them.1Password provides an option to use your own, private Wi-Fi network to sync. You can sync without using a cloud service like Dropbox or iCloud. No data leaves your own local network. Again, you're in control of your own data. (You may be detecting a theme here.)1Password does not charge monthly or annual fees. Once you have a Windows license, for example, you can use it on all the PCs you can possibly afford. Likewise for Mac, etc.1Password supports numerous import formats and allows you to export all of your data to standard CSV or our own 1Password Interchange Format at any time. We think you will like 1Password enough that we don't need to artificially lock you in. We want happy users not trapped ones.But before this turns into nothing more than a sales pitch, let me share some tips for evaluating password managers. This will be useful to you even if you don't end up choosing 1Password. You can verify the safety of an application by studying the data that it is (1) reading/writing and (2) sending/receiving. First, let's take a look at the latter.One cannot accidentally share what one doesn't haveThe data that any application sends and receives is pretty easy to monitor. Some applications even provide a guide outlining all of the network activity you can expect from the application. For an app which doesn't require you to sign in to an online service, network activity can be completely optional.In that case, an app that doesn't require a network connection can work entirely by keeping your data encrypted and stored on your devices. If the company making the app has none of your data in any form, you get the two big benefits I mentioned above:If they have none of your data they can't lose, use, or abuse it, even if they were (compelled to be) evil.Such a security architecture can mean that they don't have an authentication system to defend. Your data can be protected through an encryption-only system, without any of the threats that authentication-based systems face.Does the product, service, or app you are evaluating have a copy of your data? Do you need to authenticate to a service in order to access your data? These are some good questions to ask.Now you don't have to actually be concerned about anyone “turning evil” for such a distinction to matter. If someone has the capacity to do damage, they can do it by accident. If someone does not have the capacity to do damage, then they couldn't do it even by accident. No secrets but your own“A cryptosystem should be secure even if everything about the system, except the key, is public knowledge.” — Kerckhoffs’ principleThe data an application reads and writes is critical to its function. Is its data format publicly documented? Has it been published to benefit from public expert scrutiny? While an individual may not have the necessary knowledge to parse such a tome, it is important that is available to the security experts who do.If you have access to the design of the data format, you can verify that the app uses well-trusted, standard library implementations of cryptographic functions. Cryptographic experts agree: there is no need to roll our own crypto.What measures does the app take to slow down cracking attempts? Does the developer have a good relationship with the security community? For that matter, how does the cracking community view the app?These are just a few of the sorts of questions you can begin by asking. I hope that helps you make an informed decision. Stay safe out there!

The one concern about LastPass is that they store your passwords on their servers.  However, your passwords are encrypted on your machine before it is sent so in theory they have no way of accessing your data.  This blog, http://tinisles.blogspot.com/201... tested their encryption methods and found it to be satisfactory, with no important information being transferred as clear text.May 2014 update:  Lastpass is still considered to be secure against hackers.Is LastPass Secure? What Happens if It Gets Hacked?LastPass vs. KeePass: What's the Best Online Password Management?Four things you should know about LastPassHowever, in light of all the NSA revelations over the year, there are some causes for concern.  While your encryption key isn't stored on their servers, your password store is.  Further, the encryption key must be transmitted (albeit itself encrypted) to Lastpass's servers.   The encryption that Lastpass uses is considered to be secure, but theres always the possibility that the encryption methods are crippled in a way that the NSA knows about but isn't known in the general crypto community.   Since your passwords are stored in the cloud, there's always at least some small chance of a 3rd party gaining access to it.   Here's a couple of artcles discussing this (albeit one more paranoid than the other.)LastPass and the NSA: How Secure Is LastPass.com?Can the NSA force password management app developers (e.g., LastPass) to give up your data?I still trust it and use it daily, but I can't blame someone for wanting to stick to a solution that is 100% local, like KeePass.

[Disclaimer: I work for AgileBits, makers of 1Password, and I think it is great you are thinking about these things. I'm happy to talk about how you might go about finding the answer to your question, but do not wish to say or imply anything about any other product or service.]One way to verify the safety of an application is to study the data that it is reading/writing and sending/receiving. First, let's take a look at the latter.One cannot accidentally share what one doesn't haveThe data that any application sends and receives is pretty easy to monitor. Some applications even provide a guide outlining all of the network activity you can expect from the application. For an app which doesn't require you to sign in to an online service, network activity can be completely optional.In that case, an app that doesn't require a network connection can work entirely by keeping your data encrypted and stored on your devices. If the company making the app has none of your data in any form, you get two big benefits:If they have none of your data they can't lose, use, or abuse it, even if they were (compelled to be) evil.Such a security architecture can mean that they don't have an authentication system to defend. Your data can be protected through an encryption-only system, without any of the threats that authentication-based systems face.Does the product, service, or app you are evaluating have a copy of your data? Do you need to authenticate to a service in order to access your data? These are some good questions to ask.Now you don't have to actually be concerned about anyone “turning evil” for such a distinction to matter. If someone has the capacity to do damage, they can do it by accident. If someone does not have the capacity to do damage, then they couldn't do it even by accident. No secrets but your own“A cryptosystem should be secure even if everything about the system, except the key, is public knowledge.” — Kerckhoffs’ principleThe data an application reads and writes is critical to its function. Is its data format publicly documented? Has it been published to benefit from public expert scrutiny? While an individual may not have the necessary knowledge to parse such a tome, it is important that is available to the security experts who do.If you have access to the design of the data format, you can verify that the app uses well-trusted, standard library implementations of cryptographic functions. Cryptographic experts agree: there is no need to roll our own crypto.What measures does the app take to slow down cracking attempts? Does the developer have a good relationship with the security community? For that matter, how does the cracking community view the app?These are just a few of the sorts of questions you can begin by asking. I hope that helps you make an informed decision. Stay safe out there!

Disclaimer: I am not a certified cybersecurity professional like my colleague Brendon Taylor.I am however, like many who work in the IT industry, de facto help desk and tech support for family, friends and relatives when they are having problems with their PCs, laptops and devices. Think of this answer a community service announcement to lessen your home tech support pain and improve the cybersecurity and safety of your loved ones.No doubt you have fielded a call from a relative asking something like: “My computer’s acting weird” or worse: “I’m getting messages on my machine and can’t login — what’s bitcoin and why do I have to pay to unlock my computer?”That’s when you get that sinking feeling that your weekend just got busier, and wish that you had spent a little more time beforehand educating them on some cybersecurity basics. As they say, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.Outlined below are the top twelve tips you can share (or implement yourself) to better prepare before you get that call, to make everyone’s lives just a little safer online.Work out what to protect. The starting point is to work out your digital footprint — i.e. what data you have, where it is, who has access to it, and what you want to protect. Take an inventory of all of your sensitive material so you can start to consolidate your data — it’s a good time to do a virtual spring clean too. You may often be surprised what information you have sprawled on USBs, external hard drives, mobile devices, in the cloud, on camera SD cards, in printer/scanner memory, on your PC or laptop.Backup regularly. Sooner or later, something’s going to go wrong, whether malicious or user error, that will destroy data. You need to assume that this is inevitable and get a simple, effective backup solution in place that runs frequently. If you are using a physical external device, ensure that you disconnect it after backing up or it may be just as vulnerable to data loss. It doesn’t hurt to check that the backups are working periodically too  — goodness knows there have been enough professional system admins who have gone to restore from a backup only to find them corrupted or incomplete.Update regularly. Patching or updating your operating system, applications and (if you are confident) firmware is essential to reduce the number of vulnerabilities that can be used to access your device. Just like the weakest link in a chain, all it takes is a single chink in your system armour to gain a foothold. Whilst not a panacea, it certainly reduces the attack surface of vulnerabilities. Refer back to point #2 above though, sometimes your updates may not apply correctly and there are times a home techie will need to restore to a prior state if the patch you just applied didn’t work as expected.Use antivirus/anti-malware and keep signatures up to date. Whilst having an antivirus solution is not the silver bullet that some users assume them to be, they do at least provide a level of protection. Keep the signatures up to date and run scans regularly, particularly on specific files before opening them or if you notice any unusual behaviour on your system. And consider using ad blockers with your browsers too.Use strong (and unique) passwords for each key system. Better yet, use a password manager like LastPass, Dashlane or 1Password. Re-using the same password is a bad idea — if someone discovers it, they could use your password to login in to your social media, work systems or banking information so it is better to keep them separate. And please, please, don’t use the top worst passwords that are prone to reuse. Find something unique, and not too short — every extra character adds to the effort required to brute force it. And it goes without saying, don’t put passwords on a sticky note or in your wallet.Use encryption. This is a broad recommendation, but what is important here is wherever you can, secure your information so that it is harder to access or intercept. Encrypt your hard drive with something like BitLocker, your external drives and USBs so if you drop them they aren’t easily accessible, look for the lock sign (SSL) for web sites, and check the encryption settings on the apps you use. Consider using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) for more secure communication where appropriate.Always click with caution. Whether you are opening an attachment in an email or downloading and installing an app, you need to do some form of checking or verification if you think that something feels dodgy. It goes without saying, don’t run pirated software or apps from suspect web sites. With shortened web addresses it can be tricky to see what you are clicking through to. You can check these shortened URLs by using a site like CheckShortURL.com or Sucuri, or if you want to get really fancy, check out Cisco’s Talos IP and Domain Reputation Center. Calling the original sender of an email or business can be a useful alternative method of verification.Be careful what information you share and check your privacy settings. With social media privacy standards evolving regularly, it is important to check your settings to understand if you are sharing public information you didn’t mean to, such as location data, personal information like date of birth, or photos that weren’t intended for the public domain. A quick google search on your name or email address may surface information available to the public, and whether it represents you appropriately. If not, look to remove it from public view. While you are at it, be sure to check the HaveIBeenPwned website by Troy Hunt to see if your account information may have been leaked through a variety of data bsignNowes. If your account shows up, it is highly recommended that you change your passwords immediately.Watch the Wi-Fi. At home, it is important to ensure that you have taken the basic steps to secure your Wi-Fi, including: changing the default network name and password, hiding the signal from public view, updating the encryption level to the highest available and ensuring that you check periodically that there are no unknown devices attached. In public, you should approach any public Wi-Fi network with extreme caution as you don’t know who is intercepting the traffic that you are passing and where it is going. If you need any reinforcement of this, check out this article from CSO on why you should never connect to public Wi-Fi.Consider multi factor authentication. Having a second method set up to verify who you are beyond the initial system password is worth the effort for more sensitive data. There’s a useful paper from the Australian Cyber Security Centre on multi factor authentication if you want to read more.Don’t forget physical security. Devices are prone to theft or tampering, so make sure that you don’t leave them unlocked or out in the open as visible temptation for thieves. And of course, the more mobile the device, the more likely you are to lose it — looking at the 2018 Uber Lost & Found Index the number one device lost is the mobile phone. So make sure it has a passcode on it and set up the ability to find it or wipe it remotely if possible. And finally, when you are disposing of old devices, make sure you are thoroughly wiping all of the data off it.Keep informed. Technology is constantly changing, as are privacy standards and vulnerabilities that can be exploited, both through systems and more sophisticated scam techniques. Follow or subscribe to useful trusted sources of security information, such as Stay Smart Online and Scamwatch in Australia. For more advanced reading around cybersecurity or those who like listening to podcasts, check out the following: Brian Krebs, Brian Johnson — 7 Minute Security podcasts, Sans.Org Information Security Resources, Security Week or Dark Reading.I’m sure most of these cybersecurity basics apply equally well in start-ups, small business and enterprise, it is just the scale and complexity of the challenge that requires additional governance and broader controls fit for your industry. And like the old adage “charity begins at home”, so too should cybersecurity, because these habits translate into our schools, our institutions, and our businesses. These days the line between home and work are becoming more and more blurry, so being safer at home can reduce your business risk too — not to mention saving you time on the weekends not having to deal with as many unexpected tech support issues at home!Other useful resources:NSA’s Best Practices for Keeping Your Home Network SecureMicrosoft Top Tips for Internet Safety at HomeStaySmartOnline — Protect Your StuffATO Top Cybersecurity Tips for IndividualsCybersecurity While Travelling Tip CardACSC Protect: Essential Eight ExplainedReport a Cybercrime — Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network