Dropbox (after losing my only computer)

ea1958

<div class="IPBDescription">password logic</div>I am wondering if I am missing something here.

I just have one computer so if I lose it the first thing that I will do is go to an internet cafe (I am on the road a lot) to continue my business.

Therefore, my Dropbox (online) account should not have a generated-password, but instead, one that I can remember in a pinch.

Comments?

Thank you,

e

brenty

Unfortunately, yes. While the vast majority of passwords are less frequently used and can be dependent on something like 1Password in order to access them, there will always have to be exceptions.



In the case of a lost/stolen/inoperable computer, one will not have access to 1Password in the typical sense. However, by using Dropbox to sync 1Password data (or simply store a copy of it in "the cloud,") you can access it even when your computer is unavailable, via the handy [url="http://help.agile.ws/1Password3/1passwordanywhere.html"]1Password Anywhere web interface[/url].



This [i]does[/i], frustratingly, mean one more password to remember -- and one more that will likely have to be less complex. But I try to think of it in terms of the fact that the alternative is to simply not have access to my data at all. In that regard, it feels like a reasonable tradeoff. <img src='http://forum.agile.ws/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

MikeT

[quote name='ea1958' timestamp='1299126662' post='21762']

I am wondering if I am missing something here.

I just have one computer so if I lose it the first thing that I will do is go to an internet cafe (I am on the road a lot) to continue my business.

Therefore, my Dropbox (online) account should not have a generated-password, but instead, one that I can remember in a pinch.

Comments?

Thank you,

e

[/quote]Hi ea1958,



The other thing that you must consider is the amount of private information that's not encrypted with 1Password inside your Dropbox folder. Are you willing to accept the tradeoff of exposing those information if somebody was able to guess your "remember in a pinch" password?



Some people put a copy of 1Password database on their usb drive and put it somewhere safe, like a deposit box. They can update the database once a month to stay up to date. You can do the same, you may be able to get the usb drive, take it to a cafe and then use it to enter the password for Dropbox.com.



It is up to you on how you'd like to do this.

ea1958

To date, I use a simpler password for 1P login because I have to use it so often.

My 'remember in a pinch' [b]DropBox password[/b] is a much longer conglomerate string of characters that I have used enough times now to remember (hopefully). Safety deposit box records are only good for my guardians should I become dead or too sane to remember why I own a computer.

e

DBrown

I do the same, ea1958. I call my Dropbox password "the only [i]other[/i] password I have to remember." <img src='http://forum.agile.ws/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />