Online private information

:confused Even though this is mildly technical, I think it better fits here because is is not a crucial matter.

In planning recently for a potential house emergency (fire, meteor strike, earthquake, etc.), I was planning an "escape kit" and as I listed the various papers, firearms, ammunition, external drives, flash drives, original program CD's and such that I would have to grab on my way out, I remembered that I better get my rolodex since it has all my usernames/passwords and such. Then I thought: maybe I could create an online document, say with Google docs, and store all that information there. That way I only have to get access to the web and I have my information.

But then I thought: is it secure? Maybe I should just create a Word document, encrypt it here, then send it to myself as an email attachment.

Does anyone have any opinions on this?

Thanks.

 

That works as long as you can remember your email password!

I personally have a little black book (standard address book) where i log all my passwords. Sort of like your rolodex, but more compact.

"Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with
experience."
-Clarence Day

 

Thanks dr. I will try MediaFire. just wonder what their stick is. TANSTAAFL. Anyway, I am going to try out their no-register mode and see how the security is.

sherpa, someone gave me a special book for this. It was too big to fit in a shirt pocket and on top of that, it had printed categories: URL, username, email, password. That seemd to make it too easy for the crook if I lost it. My rolodex is pretty cryptic since my wiritng is bad. But I might look into a black book with empty lined pages that is only about 3" wide.

Thanks.

 

RoboForm, commercial encryption software for web site ID's, passwords and other web site related info, has a version that can be installed on a flash drive and used on any computer without leaving any traces behind. You only have to remember one password to unlock/decrypt the others. If you do a search on RoboForm you can get additonal info on their website. I believe they have free versions of their software (both desktop/browser and flash drive versions) that allow use of all functions but will only store passwords and other info for ten websites -- but enough so you can see if you like the way it works.

I've been using RoboForm integrated into my Firefox web browser for all my passwords and really like it. Just recently purchased the version for flash drive but haven't got around to installing it yet so can't really comment on actual experience with it.