It is indistinguishable from a random sequence of zeroes and ones.
#Is mac notepad secure for passwords password
If an attacker steals the data of your password manager, that data alone is useless. They are encrypted with a strong key (called "Data Encryption Key", or "DEK" for short), which again is protected by your password that you remember (the "Key Encryption Key", or "KEK"). When you store your password in a password manager, the passwords are not stored in plain text. If you are interested in the technical aspects as well, I will explain them as simple as I can.
Simply put, you have no disadvantage of using a password manager, and you only put yourself at risk if you do not follow this advice. You claimed that you did not have any technical expertise and did not want to be bothered with answers you would not understand, so I will not bother you with cryptography. I am not looking for a technical answer that I wouldn't be able to understand. PS: keep in my that I don't know anything about cyber security, encryption, or anything like that. The worst that could happen if someone were to get access to the text file is that he posts stupid questions online under my name :D …something I don't think professional hackers usually do.įurthermore, in order to access the text file containing the passwords, you would need to get into my dropbox (which is protected by a strong password + two-factor authentication), get into my mac (which is protected by a strong password), or access my hard disk (which is encrypted through FileVault).Īlso, if someone breaks into my mac they are gonna have access to the passwords kept in safari anyway. The text file would only include passwords for less important websites and services. So it's not like I am devising a system that needs to keep my most prized assets.
#Is mac notepad secure for passwords Offline
I try to be as minimalist as possible even in my online life.įirstly, all the passwords for my core services (gmail, apple id, bank, dropbox) are long, random, and only stored offline in my brain + I use two-factor authentication on all of them. Also I don't want to use any third party services, free or otherwise, just to store my passwords.
I want to be platform-independent as much as possible (currently, my passwords are stored in Safari's integrated password manager). Storing my passwords in a text file kept on Dropbox and accessed through a python script to quickly retrieve the password for the site I want to access.
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