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Defending against crackers: Peanut Butter Keeps Dogs Friendly, Too
by Jeffrey Goldberg May 5, 2011
What happens if someone gets hold of your encrypted 1Password data? What would it take to “crack” it? From the beginning, we’ve designed the 1Password data format with the knowledge that some people would have their computers stolen. I want to briefly talk about one of those design elements: PBKDF2.
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TIPS & ADVICE
1Password for the PlayStation?
by Jeffrey Goldberg Apr 27, 2011
Well, no. We are not providing a version of 1Password for the Sony PlayStation™ platform, but given that username and passwords for 77 million users of the PlayStation Network (PSN) have fallen into the hands of the bad guys maybe it wouldn’t be a bad idea. Maybe a game about securing passwords against the bad guys? Who knows.
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Looking ahead in security
by Jeffrey Goldberg Apr 23, 2011
If you build a tough lock on a door, it is easy to imagine that you have now secured that door and don’t need to think about it anymore. But in the security business life is rarely that simple. Both the “threat landscape” and our understanding of the locks we’ve built earlier changes. The renowned security expert, Bruce Schneier is famous for …
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TIPS & ADVICE
Keeping your data at your finger-tips (Part I)
by Jeffrey Goldberg Apr 18, 2011
Quick Summary: If you aren’t already making backups of your data, start today! When people think about data security they mostly think about keeping their data secret, but along with data confidentiality there are two other very important kinds of data security. One is data integrity which means that no one can accidentally or maliciously modify …
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When websites are breached, 1Password saves the day!
by Jeffrey Goldberg Apr 14, 2011
If you are anything at all like me you have accounts on scores – or hundreds – of different websites. The sad fact of the matter is that the chances are high that several of those sites will suffer a serious security breach over the course of a year.
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Dropbox Security Questions
by Jeffrey Goldberg Mar 20, 2011
Dropbox and 1Password are just awesome together. So when questions arise about Dropbox security we pay very close attention to what it means for our users. We owe it to ourselves and to our users to examine these and adapt and modify our recommendations accordingly.
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