Dear Rich, All of the passwords are stored on your computer and the program can be installed as a program on your computer or on a flash drive. The program and all the passwords are stored on the flash drive and you can make a master password for the program. When you remove the flash drive it does a cleanup.Steve > Storing passwords / login information etc. on a remote server is no different from mailing them to me > for safekeeping. All you have is the word of an unknown individual or website that they will keep > them safe. How many credit card numbers get lifted from some company who has been storing them > for customer convenience. You read about that every day. I will not even bother with the lack of > security that web based email "offers". But think about all of the free space Google gives you for > storage of all of your files. Do you really trust them with your tax records? Remote servers connected > to the internet are a secure as a cardboard box out behind your garage and just about as difficult to > get into. And they have the added benefit of having many boxes of individual data in one spot.> > Computer / internet security is an interesting area and individuals should always consider the range > of potential consequences of the potential loss of control of any information carefully before taking any > action.> > > > > On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:14:23 -0400, Steven Medved wrote:> > >For passwords I like roboform, you can go to roboform.com and if you have 9 passwords or less it is > free. I have around 100 and I do not have to memorize them. These days the scams keep on getting > better and better so you have to be more and more careful. If you have any questions about roboform > you can ask me off list. I do not sell or make any money from it, but I enjoy making suggestions.> > > >Best wishes,> > > >Steve> > > > >> > The default does not store passwords. You have to allow IE to store > passwords.> >> > > >I would > be more than willing to debate that with you. The password and > >username is stored by IE if> > you > allow it to do so, this is more than the cookie that is set when you > > check remember me. The MS> > > email programs will run several different programs if you allow then to be > > previewed, you do not > have> > to do anything. They will also execute any scripts imbedded in the HTML > > if you preview > any HTML> > message. Your information is correct but somewhat out of date. The > > people who are > getting burned> > now are the people running a stock system that has not been modified for > > > secuity, they are still using> > the default settings.> >> >> > On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:50:00 -0700, > Daniel Melvin wrote:> >> >>The previous post wasn't completely accurate, but there was some good> > >>advise. Change settings on any email reader to not show the content of the> >>email unless you > open it. All the issues mentioned below go away. Also, if> >>you use Automatic Update with any > operating system you have the likelyhood> >>of such issues go way down as well. Caution is the the > key. Don't open or> >>respond to emails from anyone you don't know. Don't click on links in > >>> emails> >>you don't trust. It's fairly simple.> >> >>Also, the ebay password is not on your computer in > a cookie unless you say> >>remember me on this computer. Something I never do on any computer for > any> >>password. That again is not unique to windows. The password is stored on> >>your computer > by the web page when you click on the remember me on this> >>system part of the login page.> >> >>> Dan> >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Rich" <rich-mail at octoxol.com>> >>To: "Antique > Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>> >>Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 2:53 PM> >>Subject: > Re: [Phono-L] Record Price for Edison Army-Navy??> >> >> >>> If using Windows and either Microsoft > email programs, Outlook or Outlook> >>> Express, you need to be aware> >>> that Internet Explorer > stores login information. The email program will> >>> run a script if you open or view,> >>> an email. > The script will go extract your login info and ship it off> >>> through the internet. see the linkage> > >>> of the email and the browser? That is the hole. The script in question> >>> is usually a .vbs > routine> >>> embedded in an HTML formatted email. Outlook / Outlook Express run the> >>> ,vbs by > default, you can turn> >>> this "feature" off. Also turn off displaying HTML emails.> >>>> >>> This is > how you loose your ID and Password and never filled in anything.> >>>> >>>> >>> On Wed, 24 Oct > 2007 14:48:20 EDT, Aph4990 at aol.com wrote:> >>>> >>>>Bruce, I had my eBay identity AND password > hijacked recently and > >>>>someone> >>>>used it to put a bunch of Mercedes, Jaguars and Rovers > up on eBay for> >>>>sale by> >>>>......me! I still haven't figured out how they would benefit from > > >>>>this.> >>>>But> >>>>I was told by eBay that you don't even have to click on the links given> >>>>> on> >>>>the phishing site for them to find your password. You just have to > >>>>OPEN> >>>>a> >>>>> phishing email for them to gain that information. I certainly don't> >>>>understand> >>>>how they > can do that. I'm opening fewer emails now!> >>>>---Art Heller> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> > _______________________________________________> >>> Phono-L mailing list> >>> http://phono-> l.oldcrank.org> >> >>_______________________________________________> >>Phono-L mailing list> >>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > > Phono-L mailing list> > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> http://phono-> l.oldcrank.org_______________________________________________> >Phono-L mailing list> >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org> > > > > _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org