[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Esel Mann

So check out KeePassX: https://www.keepassx.org/ this will give you a good idea as to what it is about.
Cliff notes summary: It is a password manager program. It is used to access a file (database) which has all of one's passwords. The file is encrypted. The nicety is the file can be local (as in not up on the cloud) to you. For example, one could have the file on a USB stick. You can even put the password manager program as well on the USB stick. This way it is portable. Which is nice if for example you have a PC at home and say a laptop when you travel. Now the encryption on the file is very good, but only as good as one's choice of master password which is used to access the file.

These programs typically also have for each entry, an area for you to add additional notes. This additional notes feature is a MUST! The reason why is most sites in addition to your password force you to create 3 challenge questions/answers. With the additional notes feature you can (a) store the 3 challenge questions/answers, (b) create answers which are completely unrelated to the question. Said answers make it next to impossible for someone to figure out but also next to impossible to remember unless it is jotted down somewhere.

The mention for an identical second USB stick is simply for back up purposes because if for some reason a USB stick becomes unusable (which does happen) or becomes lost/stolen, the back-up will at least give you the ability to start over.

The mention for Veracrypt (or similar) is to add a second layer of security. Said program is used to encrypt entire USB sticks or even hard drives. That way if the USB stick is lost/stolen, it will be more difficult to get at whatever is on the USB stick. Like the password manager program a single master password is used to access the encrypted USB stick. So protection is only as good as one's choice of master password.

Thanks for that!

I have one more question. What is I need to access my passwords to use on with my iPhone?