Re: Password Managers

[Matthew Caron <Matt.Caron () sixnet com>]

On 12/16/2010 11:31 AM, Yousef Syed wrote:
> Another nice to have would be if the password app could easily modify
> passwords on key sites, directly via their relevant API's.
> I.e. if I could set a rule to change the password for my bank account
> every 3 months; that would be perfect... :)

I believe that would break one of the security ideas between most of 
these password managers - namely that it doesn't connect to the internet 
for anything. The I/O mechanism is the terminal and clipboard, this 
limiting your exposure.
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