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I use KeePass synced via a Truecrypt encrypted volume on Dropbox, with a copy backed up elsewhere. Separate password for every account.

I have a couple of problems with identity providers. One is that they are, by necessity, a single point of failure. And because of that, they are more jucy targets. When someone exploits the provider, all of a sudden they can access any website that I have used that provider for. When the provider goes under or decides to stop operating the service, I'm probably SOL. If the service has an outage, I cannot use any website using it.

I also have issues with companies selling my personal info. At this point, yes. I do put more trust in a random website keeping my credentials safe for that website than Google keeping my credentials safe for every website that Google has in its clutches.

Public/private key crypto can work, but has issues of its own.



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