Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Seattle, WA USA
Posts: 413

How do you keep your sensitive/important information ???

How do you keep your sensitive/important information ???

Hi Everyone-

No, I'm not asking where you personally store your info, I'm asking HOW you do it. The thing is, I'm starting to build up a ton of account numbers, passwords, PINs, and other extremely confidential/sensitive numbers that I don't want anyone else to know.

I would like to create some sort of spreadsheet or database with all my info in it so that I can just look something up and find my info. If someone gets a hold of this, it could be very bad, so I would like to protect it via encryption / password / etc...

The problem is that I move around. Being a student, I am never on the same computer, same workstation, same laptop. So, the way I store all of "my documents" is I put it up on Yahoo! Briefcase or some other online hard drive. Obiously, I don't want to put my sensitive information on Yahoo! Briefcase...

Anyone have any suggestions? Some people have recommended I encrypt the excel file via PGP, however, the problem lies when I move around on to other machines -- sometimes I do not have access to install PGP and decrypt the file.

Thanks so much for the help and replies!

Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Pullman, WA
Posts: 130

free program: http://download.sourceforge.net/gnu...ring-1.0-en.prc
works great

__________________
IYYAYAS

AMMO - Providing the enemy the opportunity to die for his country.

Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Seattle, WA USA
Posts: 413

yeah, but what if someone gets a hold of my visor??? plus, i need to be able to get this info where ever i am; even w/o the visor...

Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Seattle, WA USA
Posts: 413

Hm... I guess what i'm trying to do is use an e-wallet type program WITH a secure web interface.

This way I can get my information on a PDA, Computer, AND Internet allowing me to obtain my info anywhere. Anyone know of any type of program?

Thanks!!!

Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 217

quote:

---

Originally posted by MitzEclipse
yeah, but what if someone gets a hold of my visor???

---

Keyring encrypts and password protects your information.

quote:

---

plus, i need to be able to get this info where ever i am; even w/o the visor...

---

You could always carry your visor with you, that's what I do.

__________________
Mike
I'd rather be upside down in my kayak than rightside up at my desk.

Registered: May 2001
Location:
Posts: 48

I like Strip,
which is freeware.