<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">While 1Password _can_ be used offline, it's best used online, as it can then help invent and fill in completely random passwords, notify you of any of your passwords (or the services you use) being breached, highlight re-used passwords, and allow family sharing and cross-platform use (all browsers, computers, phones, tablets, etc).<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you are using it offline, you'll probably want to use mostly multi.word.passwords like countess.wry.environ.idealize.hurl (where that's allowed) and do the manual air-gapped copy/paste from your 'secure' computer to your 'internet' computer, though it's more difficult if you are using UA8uREf-yFGqkgRCdn2uF8vJhqvG6GZNsZBre3Tasq!nxu_CYdv8Z6!E2ExzVqhh.ZHwBcj.63.gQ3DrFTHds-KoovossqRxtcK4 as a password. 8*)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div>Unfortunately, it's gone from a purchase model to a subscription model at $36/year, but we use it on all our devices enough that it's worthwhile.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>There are others out there, but I haven't used them, so can't comment.</div><div><br class=""></div><div><a href="https://1password.com" class="">https://1password.com</a></div><div><br class=""></div><div>Wilie</div><div><br class=""></div>
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 27, 2022, at 9:54 AM, <<a href="mailto:hgcsenior@gmail.com" class="">hgcsenior@gmail.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:hgcsenior@gmail.com" class="">hgcsenior@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Great advise Willie, and 1Password you mentioned potentially is object of<br class="">value, can you comment if internet connection to 1Password is necessary to<br class="">access your files?<br class=""><br class="">Hacking soon will be more destructive, so I keep my important data on a<br class="">computer which never sees the internet directly <br class=""><br class="">73, Henry WA1VAB<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-----Original Message-----<br class="">From: bars <<a href="mailto:bars-bounces@w1hh.org" class="">bars-bounces@w1hh.org</a>> On Behalf Of William Smith<br class="">Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2022 7:31 AM<br class="">To: BARS Reflector <<a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" class="">bars@w1hh.org</a>><br class="">Subject: [bars] Doug Bruce seems to have had his email taken over<br class=""><br class="">If you get an email from Doug Bruce asking for a "Favor", it's to send a<br class="">$200 Amazon gift card to someone, don't respond.<br class=""><br class="">Be careful out there, don't click on links in email, don't visit dodgy<br class="">webpages, don't leave browser tabs open on FarceBilk, have good passwords<br class="">that are unique to each service you use, have a password manager like<br class="">1Password to help generate random passwords and keep track of them and<br class="">autofill them in your browser, keep your computer and applications up to<br class="">date, yaddah, yaddah, yaddah.<br class=""><br class="">73, Willie N1JBJ<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">bars mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" class="">bars@w1hh.org</a><br class="">http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>