In my earlier posts on passwords, I noted that I approach on-line password “vaults” with caution. I have no reason to doubt that the many password services, secure email services, and other encrypted network services are legitimate. However, I am unable to adequately verify that such is the case for anything I would truly want to protect. It is also possible that some employee has compromised the software, or a rootkit has been installed, so even if the service was designed to be legitimate, it is nonetheless compromised without the rightful owners knowledge. For a similar reason, I don't use the same password at multiple sites -- I use a different password for each, so if one site is “dishonest” (or compromised) I don't lose security at all my sites. For items that I don't value very much, the convenience of an online vault service might outweigh my paranoia -- but that hasn't happened yet. Today I ran across this: MyBlackBook [ver 1.85 live] - Internet's First Secure & Confidential Online Sex Log! My first thought is “Wow! What a way to datamine information on potential hot dates!” :-) That quickly led to the realization that this is an *incredible* tool for collecting blackmail information. Even if the people operating it are legit (and I have no reason to doubt that they are anything but honest), this site will be a prime target for criminals. It may also be a prime target for lawyers seeking information on personal damages, divorce actions, and more. My bottom line: don't store things remotely online, even in “secure” storage, unless you wouldn't mind that they get published in a blog somewhere -- or worse. Of course, storing online locally with poor security is not really that much better.....