What's a good lock box ??

[Timothy Murphy]

William Case wrote:

> I am not normally a paranoid security freak. I keep my single user (most
> of the time) desktop and Internet system fairly open and loose.
> However, I would like to create one secure file or folder in which I can
> record as text things like a long list of user names and passwords for
> web sites -- to range from minor not often used sites, to Bank Accounts,
> paypal, some personal data with serial numbers etc.

It's always seemed to me that the safest way to keep information like this
is to encrypt it on a machine that cannot be accessed from the internet,
and just transfer the encrypted material when necessary.

There is no law that says a computer must be on the internet ...

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